One good way of reducing the spread of corona virus, Covid-19 is to enlighten the people and allow them act accordingly.
And the better way to handle this pandemic is for the Government to provide more isolation/treatment centers, show more testing kits,and engage more community health volunteers.
When a Government lockdown markets and shops with the ”common pretence”, corrupt tendencies to contract the purchase of palliative items to friends and Associates, the state becomes risky to corruption.
The best way we can create the right impact of palliative on the citizens is to be #transparent# in distributing, and #accountable# up to how the people have benefited.
The Community AntiGraft Initiative (C.A-G.I) has posited, that one of the symptoms of corruption profusely manifested this time of corona virus was the citizen’s lack of trust in the government’s fight against Covid19.
The organization says most Nigerian citizens have doubted the existence of corona virus in the country. They said even if corona virus is in other countries, but for Nigeria the government have more to prove. The people feels that, both palliatives provided to facilitate the lockdown, and the results of tested cases are all gauged to defraud the people and enrich the few political class.
But, no one knows that, ”Transparency” and ”Accountability” builds such integrity that people need to develop confidence in government.
As we go through the partial lockdown from today, let’s take the responsibility to ensure that all standards set by the government, to control the further spread of corona virus are followed.
The long awaited resolve of disputes in RUMUWOJI community in port Harcourt city local government area has come with comrade Ike Wigodo being the community new CTC chairman. It would be recalled that, for over three years now, the community has been through court cases and leadership conflicts, which has led the people into factional groups against one another.
The suit filed in 2017 with case no PHC/1558/2017 was resolved on Monday, the 27th of April, 2020 neither in favor of the claimants nor defendants. According to our source, the defendants were ordered not to interfere nor parade themselves as executives of RUMUWOJI community development council (RCDC), while the claimants elections was declared invalid.
Following this development, the chiefs and the Owhor holders council of RUMUWOJI community, in line with the RCDC constitution appointed and inaugurated into action a seven (7) man committee headed by Ike Wigodo. The committee is charged to run for two (2) months and conduct election that will bring in a new executive council to oversee the community affairs. Members of the committee are as follows : 1) Ike Wigodo ( chairman) (2) Daniel Chinda (secretary) others are Sunny Nseigbe, Elliott Wobo, Chile Paul, Rocson Wobo, Elder Uche Dike.
Members of RUMUWOJI community CTC 2020
According to reports, comrade Ike Wigodo has accepted this tasks by calling on all factions to support the CTC achieve its mandate. He warned detractors and trouble shooters to stay clear for RUMUWOJI community to regain its lost glory.
The President of Community AntiGraft Initiative (C.A-G.I), comrade Uche Odungweru has called on SHELL and TOTAL to support their host communities in preventing the spread of corona virus, through reliefs that will help the people sustain the hardship caused by covid-19 pandemic.
According to reports, comrade odungweru said as much as testing kits are important to the state , the IOCs and multinational companies should take corporate responsibility of other communities within their operational areas, that are badly affected by the lockdown. He remarked that the government cannot do it all , and called on the private sector to device means of supporting their host communities fight corona virus. He added that, covid-19 pandemic has become a test on corporate social responsibility of oil & gas companies to host communities. Odungweru called on IOCs to take advantage of the pandemic to sustain their relationship with host communities ”It is better to remember companies that have helped us come out of this difficult time, than notice oil workers and their agents, who constitute the most targeted carriers of Covid-19, that endanger communities, he added.
A non governmental organization ( NGO), the Community AntiGraft Initiative (C.A-G.I) has called on Ward leaders and community chiefs in charge of distribution of the COVID-19 Palliatives, to ensure they keep records of what they actually received from the Rivers state government, accounts of beneficiaries with physical addresses, and the list of sharing per person in their individual communities.
” There is no other way we can fight ‘Corona- Fraud’ other than showing how much the government has contributed to combating corona virus in our community. ”
Based on the Rivers State Government directives to contain the spread of corona virus, Woji community in Obio/Akpor local government area has responded to setting up a community based taskforce to make sure that all areas of Woji Town followed the Governor’s instructions.
According to sources, HRH. Eze. Amb. Sir. Dr. Emeka .G. Ihunwo JP., the Paramount ruler/ Nyeweli Woji Community moved round market places, religious centers and beer parlours to sensitize the people on the needs to obey Government directives.
He advised them to take simple hygiene practice as a way of preventing the virus, such as regular washing of hands and use of sanitizers, adding that citizens needed to observe the stay at home order, in order not to spread the virus.
The community taskforce committee which was inaugurated to enforce the government ban on markets and social gathering in Woji against the pandemic is consisted of : 1) HRH. Eze Woji, (2) The DPO Woji police Division, (3) all executive members of Woji CDC, (4) all executive members of Woji youth Association.
The Paramount ruler of Oro Esara Kingdom, Eze. Dr. Jobson. A. Utchey JP. Eze Esara III, Nyerisi Mbam Oro Esara of Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers State had ensured that no market, nor beer parlor was allowed to operate within Esara communities.
While addressing the press in his palace, Eze .Dr. Jobson said the kingdom has been in strict compliance with the orders of Rivers state Government on COVID-19 pandemic.
He advised that the people maintain simple hygiene : washing of hands with soap regularly, and stay home to avoid spreading the corona virus.
Eze Jobson commended the executive governor of Rivers state, His Excellency, chief Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike for taking proactive measures through community engagement against COVID-19.
He promised of the Ezes- in- council readiness to unfold more plans towards keeping the community safe.
COMMUNITY ANTIGRAFT News 
You must be logged in to post a comment.