[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ouse of representatives-elect for Owerri federal constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Engr. Ikenna Elezieanya has called on governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state and the Owerri West LG chairman to urgently save the people from impending epidemic by evacuating the refuse heaps at Irette in Owerri West council area of Imo state.
The incoming lawmaker made the passionate appeal recently while interacting with Nigeria Moment on telephone, noting that it will be ridiculous for the governor and the chairman of the local government, who incidentally is the chief security officer of the council to abandon their primary responsibilities to chase ghosts.
According to him, the governor since he has till May 29, 2019 to remain in office as Imo governor with all rights and privileges, he should equally not relegate his official studies, positing that the governor and his team must not acquire and enjoy only assets without liabilities. Elezieanya stressed that the area was not only stinking but the environmental condition has left everybody in total health threat and the ugly situation has started affecting business activities and movements in the area, pointing out that money that will be used to evacuate the refuse will be insignificant to the amount that it will be gulped to manage the aftermath epidemic and inherent diseases that likely to confront immediate residents and entire state.
He insisted that the damage both in health and economy will be unquantifiable