ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has charged Imo residents and the entire South-East region to take advantage of the 2023 Census to address marginalization.
Governor Uzodimma gave the charge at the Imo State Stakeholders Summit on Population and Housing Census Flag-Off Ceremony at the Eze Ndi Imo Palace, Mbari, Owerri, the state capital.
He stressed that the outcome of any census impacts on everyone negatively or positively, adding that “If you don’t want to be cheated, the time to do it is now.”
He advised every Imo citizen, irrespective of party affiliate, to be fully involved in the civic exercise as nonchalant attitude would amount to being undercounted and shortchanged as a state and a region.
Speaking earlier at the flag-off, the Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Prince Emeka Nduka said that the opportunity for the South-East to count their numerical strength is now.
Also, he said that anyone who impedes the smooth process of the census would be doing a disservice to the people of Imo State and the Southeast at large.
Present at the event include; the Eze Imo, Eze (Dr.) E.C. Okeke, and other traditional rulers, Government officials, Sole administrators and other grassroot leaders.