By CHARLES IWUOHA

The newly elected chairmen of the 13 local government areas in Ebonyi State have been charged to ensure that the grassroots feel their impact as they work assiduously for their people during their tenure in office.

Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, gave the charge in Abakaliki while swearing in the 13 council chairmen elected last Saturday during the chairmanship and councillorship elections in the state.

He stressed the need for the council bosses to embark on projects that will give the people the dividends of democracy, saying that sharing money meant for the development of the local governments will not be their legacies but the projects they put in place in their various local governments.

The Governor said: “There is a context, context of bring the money let us share and context of development. But the truth is that there no amount of money that is shared that will become your legacies. It is those projects, it is those lives you have impacted upon positively that will count for you today and tomorrow

“Do not fail to work for the people; when you work for the people you are working for God and there is no one that fights you when your heart is on God that will succeed.”

Umahi said he has no regret for backing the re-election of the 13 local government council chairmen, reiterating that his government is founded on God and anyone that fights him will fail.

“The worst you can do is to fight a man with anointing. Our government is an anointed government. God brought our government,” he said.

The Governor insisted that only e-voting will end bloodletting and other criminalities in the electoral system and ensure healing in the country. He, therefore, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt the idea of electronic voting proposed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying: “They are advocating for e-voting in our party, to show example to INEC.

“I believe that when e-voting comes to be, every leader will face the people and we will begin to realise that power belongs to God and God manifests himself through the people and that when the process of healing will begin in our country.”