By Okoro Ibe Kalu – Correspondence
OHAFIA, Abia State: The Executive Mayor of Ohafia Local Government Area, Chief Eleanya Ojuu Kalu, has presented an account of his administration’s activities in the past two years, highlighting interventions in road infrastructure, education, electricity, agriculture, water supply, and community development.
The Mayor made the presentation during a media tour and press conference attended by media representatives, with OHAFIATV duly represented.
During the engagement, attention was drawn to several projects undertaken by the administration, including the construction and rehabilitation of roads across communities, with particular emphasis on opening up rural settlements and improving access to farmlands.
The road interventions are intended to ease the movement of agricultural produce from farming communities to markets and other destinations, reducing transportation difficulties for farmers and supporting economic activities within the LGA.
Education also featured among the administration’s reported interventions. According to the information presented during the engagement, more than 40 indigent students from Ohafia LGA have been registered under the Mayor’s education support initiative.
On electricity, the administration highlighted the installation of a solar power system as an intervention in addressing the longstanding electricity challenges affecting council operations. The 55KVA solar installation at the Local Government Council headquarters is a completed project that’s is powering the LGA with 24/7 power supply.
The Council’s agricultural programme has also moved beyond planning, with the establishment of poultry, pepper and bee-farming initiatives. The programme includes 2,000 layers, 1,000 broilers, one hectare of Habanero pepper cultivation and honey production through bee farming. The first pepper harvest was presented to the Mayor in September 2026.
In the area of water supply, the administration has rehabilitated previously abandoned boreholes and converted them to solar-powered systems. Two such facilities at Ambele Central School and Ime Ogo, both in Amuma Ohafia, were rehabilitated in 2026. Other documented water interventions include projects in Isiugwu Ohafia, Ozua Amogudu and Uzo Ironyi, Etitiama Nkporo.
Community infrastructure has equally received attention. The Council’s project records include the construction of the Ndi Nko triple-carriage bridge in Nkporo, the Agbaja evening market project, and the reinforced-concrete paved road around Akahaba Central Stadium, Ameke Abiriba.
The administration has also undertaken improvements to public facilities, including the retrofitting of Agborji Community Health Centre in Abiriba and the construction of perimeter fencing and gates at Ofali Agwu Secondary School, Amaekpu Ohafia.
These interventions form part of the administration’s stated approach to extending development projects beyond the Council headquarters to communities across Ohafia, Abiriba and Nkporo.
The media engagement provided an opportunity to examine the administration’s development claims and seek further clarification on the projects, their locations, implementation status and benefits to residents.
For OHAFIATV, the central issue arising from the engagement is the extent to which these interventions are addressing practical needs at the community level, particularly access roads, electricity, education, water supply and agricultural productivity.
The Mayor’s two-year record has indeed touched vital areas affecting the people’s lives directly. He called on Reelection Governor Alex Chioma Otti OFR under whose able leadership has ensured even development across board in Abia State.
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