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Igbo Leader, Amadiebube Mbama Decries Neglect of Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia Communities
The Coordinator of Global Igbo Leaders (GIL), a foremost body of Igbo leaders in the diaspora, Nze Amadiebube Mbama, has appealed to the Imo State Government to urgently extend developmental attention to Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia communities in Oru-West Local Government Area.
In a statement, Mbama lamented the persistent neglect of the two communities by successive administrations in the state.
According to him, while other communities within the same local council have repeatedly enjoyed projects from these interventionist agencies, Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia have been completely sidelined. He stressed that all existing social amenities in the two communities—including five primary schools, a primary health centre, a post office, a customary court, electricity supply, and a secondary school—were built through communal self-help efforts without government support.
He noted that the only government-funded infrastructure in the area remains the access road constructed during the administration of former governor Rochas Okorocha.
Mbama therefore urged Governor Hope Uzodimma, alongside NDDC and ISOPADEC, to come to the aid of the two communities in order to give their people a true sense of belonging as indigenes of Imo State.
Highlighting the worsening economic realities in the country, he explained that the communities could no longer shoulder the burden of maintaining or upgrading these self-help projects. Areas requiring urgent government intervention, he said, include the renovation of dilapidated classroom blocks, upgrading of the health centre, and grading of feeder roads.
He decried the unsafe state of schools in the communities, warning that most classroom blocks have become dangerous for use, particularly during the rainy season. He added that the customary court has long fallen into disrepair, despite earlier assurances by the state government that it would be renovated—a promise yet to be fulfilled, leaving the people anxious and disappointed.
Mbama emphasized that Ibiasoegbe and Ofeahia, being border communities, deserve greater attention in the provision of social amenities. He appealed to residents of the two communities to remain peaceful and supportive of government while awaiting intervention.