Egor Council Chief Pursues Vigorously the Challenges of Office
By Henry Omo-Ogbemudia

    Egor Council Transition committee Chairman, a retained Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP), George Aimienoho earlier made it
crystal clear that his vision is to pursue vigorously the challenges
of office before him for the benefit of his constituents.

    The soft spoken chairman, Aimienoho while speaking on his
achievements and challenges in office in an exclusive interview with
newsmen recently, asserted, in line with the state government
directive that 70% of resources should be ploughed into the education
sector, and remaining 30% to be use on other areas of need, his regime
has always tried not to disappoint.

    This now informed his reason for the holistic renovation of some
schools in the local government area. Oromiyan primary school where
all modern facilities have been installed with a perimeter fence,
which is almost ready for commissioning while Ugbowo primary school,
is undergoing massive work to be complete with modern facilities also,
he disclosed.

    Due to scarcity of fund, the council resolved to carryout this
development in batch, he said but definitely, all primary schools in
the area would benefit, he assured.

    Aside dwellings on renovation of schools as priority, in the face of
scarce resources, 30 roads were graded during the dry season, across
the wards in the area just as consistent disposal of refuse especially
in the markets, has been pursued, the chairman stated.

    He added, streets that were hitherto blocked with refuse, has been
cleared, and opened caanan streets is on example, the chairman stated.

    Withing his short stay in office, the council had strived to provide
five 500KVA transformers at different locations in Egor, and rural
communities connected to the national grid, Aimienoho asserted.
   
       Trying to keep pace with the state government drive in the
provision of infrastructure, he said four boreholes had been sink at
different strategic locations in the area, by the council and more
would soon be added, he assured.

    Also a good number of computer sets have been procured to beef – up
existing skill acquisition centres and establish new ones in the
council area.

    He assured, “soon, employment would be given to the people. The
process is on, to strengthen the existing work-force in the area”.

    Continuing, he said, the health sector is also getting attention as
the health centre at Okhokhugbo handed over to the council by the MDG
managers, has been activated and already functioning.

    Further, he said, “a magistrate court at Uwelu which was just at
foundation level when I came on board, is almost 90% completed”. He
promised to complete it before leaving office just as a police station
would be built at Egor Community. It has been approved by the council
parliament, he stated.

    The chairman who said he enjoys cordial relationship with members of
the council staff and his constituents asserted, as a matter of
policy, staff welfare is a top priority of his regime hence inspite of
lean purse of the council, salaries are paid as at when due and no
backlog.

    The very reserved looking council boss stated further, that to boost
the revenue drive of the council, a committee has been constituted to
source fund, so that it can carry-out projects for the people but
assured, this will not lead to double taxation of the people.
However, it mostly targeted at blocking leakages in the system, though
there are challenged, but the major one, is having to affect the
people positively with very little finance available.

“Hence, my vision is to pursue vigorously the challenges of office
before me so that when we leave, good stories would be told about the
council, we see the Government as a tonic, a workaholic, an
indefatigable man. You don’t need to be told to work like him to fit
into the system.

We just have to do what he wants and not what we want. My background
as a disciplinarian, a retired senior police officer (ASP), made it
easy to work with the Governor with seriousness.

Though, I am not a stereotype. The most difficult place I have ever
worked, is the council because of bureaucracy”.

The good looking retired senior police officer, who was donned in
clean native attire during this press chat said, the correlation
between his past job as police officer, and the present job as local
council boss, is discipline.

“My past experience as a police officer, is responsible for my success
coupled with the cooperation from council staff, political leaders,
and the fear of God.

George Aimienoho appealed; traditional rulers and members of
communities where projects are sited should collaborate with
Government, in providing security to avoid vandalization.

“We just pray, traditional rulers, members of the communities where
projects are sited, should try provide security as it is for their own
good”, he stated.

Aimienoho, Egor council chief, used this medium to commend the comrade
Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole for turning the ancient Benin into a
modern city, harps him for his developmental stride in the state.