Essien Udim council boss donates water, toilet facilities to Police
… As Police officers jubilate, pour encomiums
In a bid to complement Governor Udom Emmanuel’s efforts in fighting crimes in the State, the Essien Udim Council Chairman, Mr Anthony Luke has donated a mini-water project and modern toilet facility to Nigeria Police Force, Essien Udim Division as new year gift.
The Chairman, who announced the donation on Friday, January 1, 2021 ordered for immediate commencement of work at the sites before Monday, 4 January.
While commending the governor for putting necessary measures in place to ensure a peaceful Christmas and New Year celebration in the state, the local government chairman also lauded the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Essien Udim, Mr Samuel Ijie for their vigilant and proactive steps in fighting crimes in the area.
He pledged the unalloyed support of the Council to the police force to succeed in crime fighting and maintenance of law and order in the area while charging the police to do more to reciprocate the governor’s gestures.
“The Governor has done so well in fighting crimes in the state. Recently he donated some vehicles to the Nigeria Police Force for crime fighting in which one of those vehicles was given to Essien Udim Division.
“We in Essien Udim are very proud of the governor, so to compliment his efforts in fighting crime we have donated a borehole water system and a modern toilet system to the Police division in Essien Udim.
“As I have always said, security of lives and property is paramount in my administration’s agenda. We have to join hands with the governor to keep the state safe and secure for all,” the Council boss stated.
The Chairman, who lamented the challenges faced by the officers in the division as result of lack of some basic and social amenities such as water and toilet, wondered why police officers who laboured to ensure peace and tranquility in the area should be allowed to face such hardship and humiliation.
“How can the Police Force function well in this kind of condition?” he decried.
The Essien Udim Divisional Police Officer, CSP Samuel Isiek who commended the Council Chairman for his gestures said that the donation will boost the morale of the officers in the station to give in their best.
He described Mr Anthony Luke as a record-breaking Chairman and expressed the readiness of the officers to support the Council Chairman to keep Essien Udim free from crimes and criminal elements.
Some of the police officers who spoke with our reporter commended the Chairman for his intervention and revealed that since establishment of Essien Udim Police Division in 1991 there have been no toilet system and water in the station.
He added that since establishment the station has no barracks and other basic amenities, stressing that the lack of some of these facilities has made lives and their work difficult in the area.
“We normally go outside the station to fetch water for the inmates to bath because there is no water here,” he decried.
Meanwhile, police officers at the Division were seen jubilating and pouring encomiums on the Council Chairman describing him as a jinx breaker.
Recall that the Council Chairman had in less than six days in office donated a borehole to Adiasim Community and also presented a Toyota Camry Car as a gift to his the PDP Chairman, Okon Ward, Mr Paul Clement.
