The Abia State House of Assembly led by the Honourable Speaker, Rt. Hon. Engr. Chinedum Orji resolved to sensitize the masses of Abia State of the on-going Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise.
This resolution was made after Hon. Aaron Uzodike, Member representing Aba North State Constituency brought up the matter about the ongoing exercise stating his displeasure that Abians were not properly sensitized and informed about the ongoing exercise saying that the exercise is pertinent and it is used as a yardstick for measuring indices during the National Census.
The Lawmaker prayed the House to urge the State and Local Governments to set up a Technical Committee to oversee the robust sensitization of all Abians about the ongoing exercise. He also prayed the Ministry of Information to move swiftly into action in order to sensitize the people on the need to fully partake in the ongoing exercise.
After contributions from Members, the Speaker said that the ongoing exercise should be a wake up call for all Abians. He said there is no point shouting marginalization when our people will hardly take such civic responsibility seriously, emphasizing that population count is virtually used on all indices of development in the country.
The Speaker further said there should be a sensitization program to cut across all areas in the State, and that Chairmen of the 17 LGAs in the State immediately set up Technical Committees to make sure every eligible person in the State is counted.
The Speaker therefore asked Clerk of the House to send a letter of invitation to Chief John Nwabuisi the Abia State representative at the National Population Commission so the House can interact with him on the matter.