The shame and achievements of Aninri Legislative Chamber in 15 months
Last year, when member of Aninri Legislative Chamber unanimously impeached it’s leader Philip Igwe the people were genuinely thrilled.
For a man who stayed the whole time in the council’s darkest days – Bennett Ajah’s tenure – and who actively supported the “Babylonian King”, Hon. Igwe fitted into a good image of a dirty villain in the eyes of the public.
His removal was, in fact, due and was hailed as a fresh start of legislative vibrancy. People also like Igwe’s replacement, Hon. Ajah, the councillor representing Okpanku ward.
However, more than a year after the “fresh start” under Ajah the chamber is yet to start. According to impeccable sources, there are only four bills which have been introduced in Aninri Legislative House since October 2024. Ajah himself introduced three of those bills, and the councillor of Oduma ward 3 introduced one. Shockingly, all these bills are still at their introductory stages, and the Enugu State agencies responsible for land use are kicking to kill one the bills for “lacking in importance”.
Taken literally, Aninri lawmakers have not made even one law since 2024.
“Do you blame them? Most is them were handpicked for reasons apart from merit,” James Ajah, a trader who have resided at Ndeabor for more than 25 years told InfoWarsHQ.
At the time when Governor Peter Mbah is in need to plant ‘new’ All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, those who should inherently be his foot soldiers are now proven to be grossly incapable. As at today, it were merely 3,402 people who agreed to registered as APC members in Aninri – in a zone that boasts of approximately 20,000 voters.
“Our people are no longer fools. We’ve been fooled many times. They shared rice, fertiliser and give money to their families and to their friends. But nothing for us. Why should we follow them? Are these people leaders?” Chidi Nwanyanwu from Mmafu village in Oduma said.
There has never been any real political contest in Aninri since 1999. Thinking that they own the council, the privileged few had sat at the common resources, enriching their pockets while all the while trampling on the silent majority.
Also, since 1999, all the councillors – most of whom pure idiots and illiterates – are handpicked simply to fill slots. What else, if not confusion and incompetence, would keep a whole 10 lawmakers from making a single law in nearly two years?
