I’ve attracted tasks past constituency allocation – Ebonyi lawmaker

The member representing Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency within the House of Representatives, Hon. Joseph Nwobashi, has mentioned he has attracted improvement tasks past constituency allocations to his folks, whereas supporting 30 indigent college students with totally funded scholarships.
Nwobashi disclosed this throughout an evaluation tour of his constituency tasks in Ebonyi State, the place journalists inspected accomplished and ongoing infrastructure facilitated by the lawmaker throughout Ezza North and Ishielu Local Government Areas.
He mentioned constituency allocations alone had been inadequate to deal with the developmental wants of his folks, stressing that lawmakers should interact federal ministries, committees and related companies to draw extra interventions.
“You cannot simply sit down and fold your hands, waiting for constituency projects alone. If you depend only on constituency projects, how much can you achieve? The allocation is not enough to meet all the needs of your people,” he mentioned.
The lawmaker expressed satisfaction with the progress recorded on his tasks, noting that a number of had been accomplished and had been already in use, whereas others had been nearing completion.
Among the finished tasks inspected had been the development of Odeligbo Bridge and culvert at Oshiegbe Community, a six-classroom block at Community Secondary School, Oshiegbe, and a 3.5-kilometre highway linking Ezeuhu and Azuda villages in Ezza North.
Other accomplished interventions embody the set up of a 300KVA transformer at Ntezi Community in Ishielu, photo voltaic streetlights throughout a number of communities within the two native authorities areas and the equipping of Oshiegbe Health Centre.
The ongoing tasks embody classroom blocks at Community Primary School, Onunwafor Akochi, Oriuzor; Community Secondary School, Umuhuali, Ishielu; Community Primary School, Okaleru; and Community Primary School, Omege Umuezeokoha, Ezza North.
On schooling, Nwobashi mentioned 30 indigent college students had been benefiting from totally funded scholarships to check programs of their alternative, from National Diploma to Higher National Diploma, at Cooperative College, Oji River, Enugu State.
He disclosed that the beneficiaries had been at the moment present process industrial coaching and would quickly graduate earlier than continuing for the National Youth Service Corps, including that extra college students could be enrolled into the scholarship programme this 12 months.
The lawmaker additionally highlighted his human empowerment initiatives, together with the distribution of greater than 200 bikes, grinding machines, stitching machines and different gadgets throughout his December 2024 empowerment programme, in addition to 200 Point-of-Sale machines loaded with N200,000 every to assist beneficiaries’ companies.
He additional disclosed that about 45 constituents had been receiving month-to-month monetary help starting from N50,000 to N100,000 from his private assets, explaining that the intervention was geared toward supporting their financial wellbeing.
Nwobashi mentioned his improvement agenda would proceed to be guided by consultations with constituents, including that he remained dedicated to attracting extra tasks and interventions to deal with the wants of communities throughout Ezza North and Ishielu.
He expressed confidence in his re-election bid forward of the 2027 common election, whereas urging political stakeholders to maintain peace and guarantee violence-free elections in Ebonyi State.