Nteje Community Oyi Council Area Bans Youth Related Activities

Nteje Development Union, Oyi Local Government Area has banned all youths and youth related activities as part of measures mapped out by the union to restore peace and unity in the community.

This was made known during the inaugural meeting of the union held at Umunnebo Primary School, Nteje.

The meeting was well attended by the three quarters that made up the community, namely Ezi, Ivite and Ikenga, the clergy, Ndi Ichie, Oji Ana Nteje, Nteje Development Union, Abuja, Warri, Awka, Onitsha, Aba, Enugu branches among others.

Speaking during the meeting, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nteje Development Union, Mr. Chidiebele Obika, who thanked governor Chukwuma Soludo for finding them worthy to serve, said that the meeting was to inform Ndi Nteje of their recent appointments by the Governor, as well as their terms of reference.

Mr. Obika noted that they were giving the mandate to restore peace, law and order in the community, stop all forms of youth restiveness, ensure that Nteje conducts town union election within the three months period giving to them and promised that they will work assiduously to achieve the mandate giving to them.

The Chairman further revealed that at the interim, the union with the support of Ndi Ichie, Oji Ana, women groups, among others have unanimously suspended all youths’ activities in the community among others, as a step towards bringing peace to Nteje.

Also speaking, an indigenous priest of the community, Reverend Father Vincent Abanogo sued for tolerance, love and forgiveness among one another and urged Ndi Nteje to always be upright, seek the face of God as well as stand for equity, fairness and justice at all times.

Earlier while breaking the kola nut, Chief Oduche Okwuanasonya on behalf of Okanna na Okpoke Nteje and Chief Ikechukwu Umeadi on behalf of Oji Ana Nteje thanked members of the new caretaker committee for a job well done and prayed for a lasting peace to return to the community.

Others who spoke at the event called for intervention of the State government on the erosion menace ravaging some parts of the community, making Eke Igwe market Nteje, a daily market rather than weekly, which the new NDU promised to look into.