August 15, 2016
By IJENDU IHEAKA
The Abia
state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Bonnie Iwuoha has said that
the government was committed to creating jobs to alleviate poverty and reduce
crime rate in the state.
Iwuoha
disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Aba on
Monday.
He said
that most crimes committed in the state were the result of idleness caused by
unemployment of young people adding that crime would reduce if young people
have jobs.
He
assured that if Ikpeazu is allowed to remain in office, he would change the
fate of Abia state and its people stressing that he had started revival of
moribund industries in Abia.
Iwuoha
said that the government was consciously working on some projects which when
completed would employ a large number of Abia residents.
“Now
those number of people as large as they would be when taken away from the unemployed
group, will reduce the rate of criminal activities and there will be peace in
Aba and Abia state.
“And Abia
will experience peace because it is lack of job, what to do that drove so many
of the young people into criminal activities.
“So once
they are gainfully employed, certainly they will sign-off all those illegal
activities. So this is one of the ways the Abia state government through
Ikpeazu is restoring life not just to Enyimba city but to the whole of Abia
state”, Iwuoha said
He named
some of the projects through which more citizens would be given jobs to
include, International Glass Industries, Aba, Swiss International Enyimba
hotels, Aba and Golden Guinea breweries, Umuahia.
“This is
why we are appealing to all Abians, to politician and Nigerians to sheath their
swords and support Dr Okezie Ikpeazu so that he can carry out that which God
has put in him to do for Abians and for Nigerians”, he said.
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