Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State.
BY VICTOR NWEGEDE
Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered convocation for the citizens' inputs and consultations to ensure best practices in budgeting of the 2022 budget estimate.
The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr Orji Uchenna Orji, made this known in a statement, Thursday in Abakaliki, the state capital.
According to the Commissioner, "the citizens' inputs and consultations for the state's 2022 Budget Estimate would hold on Friday 29th October, 2021 at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, by 1 pm dot.
Orji said the invitees for the event include the State Deputy Governor, the Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly and his Deputy Speaker, the State Chief Judge, President, Customary Court of Appeal, both Present and former National Assembly members from the state
Other invitees are Former Governors, Founding Fathers, Elders Council, State Executive Council members, Principal Officers, Senior Special Assistants,and Special Assistants, APC Chairman and his State Working Committee members, and the Leadership of other Political Parties, IPAC Executive members, Chairmen of Local Government Areas, Permanent Secretaries, Development Centre Coordinators, Chairmen and Members of Boards, Commissions and Parastatals, Traditional Rulers Council
18. Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ebonyi State Chapter, Akubaraoha Youth and Women Assembly, Rachel Umahi Women for Akubaraoha, Market Women Association
Also invited are the Governor Umahi Empowerment Beneficiaries Association ( GUMEBA), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Nigeria Society of Engineers ( NSE), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Nigeria Medical Association ( NMA), Joint Association of People with Disabilities, Students Union Government of EBSU, FUNAI, Federal College of Agriculture etc
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Ebonyi State Chapter, Muslim Community. 33-Civil Society Organizations, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), NULGE, Town Union Presidents, Nigeria Youth Council, NACIMA, Ebonyi State Chapter, National Council of Women Society of Nigeria, Legal Aid Council and FIDA, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Development Partners and Donor Agencies, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Other accredited NGOs and CSOs are equally invited.
Orji said that all the invitees should be seated before the arrival of the Governor on that day.
