The member, House of Representatives, representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, has declared support for the proposed Anim State, in the ongoing constitution review exercise.
Ugochinyere, who had sponsored a bill for the creation of Orlu State, in a statement, yesterday, said himself and other lawmakers have settled for Anim as the 6th state in the South East.
The lawmaker noted that the interest of his federal constituency, as canvassed in his proposal for the creation of Orlu State, has been subsumed into the proposal for Anim State, in the overall benefit of the South East geo-political zone.
He said: “Last night, after extensive meeting with our Distinguished Senator Osita Izunaso, alongside my other colleagues from Imo state, wherein Ideato Federal Constituency interest is captured and assured in the proposed Anim State, which is a proposed state that will be carved out from Anambra and Imo State and will see Ideato emerging as a Senatorial Zone, I, alongside the entire lawmakers from Imo state, unanimously signed and adopted Anim State as the consensus State that we will be backing.
“The Anim proposal captures the agenda of a long overdue state for the South East, which should emerge from the old Imo and Anambra block, which was the reason for my Orlu State proposal, which has now been captured into the Anim State.
“Also, our formal proposal for Anim State was presented before our brother lawmakers from the South East, who, by majority votes, voted Anim State as the consensus state proposed for South East agitation for additional state, consideration and voting for the second option is ongoing as I write, which are Adada and Anioma proposals.”
He added, “Let me use this opportunity to thank my brother, Senator Osita Izunaso, and my honourable colleagues from Imo State and the entire Southeast for the show of love, consensus, sacrifice and understanding that has brought the weeks of searching for consensus and harmonisation to an end.
The critical point here is that no matter our desires, the interest of our people must always remain supreme. The East has spoken, and we hope our brothers from different parts of the country will join this struggle, to ensure that we reach the desired destination.”
Credit: The Sun