MINISTRY OF PUBLIC UTILITY AND WATER RESOURCES, IMO STATE, ACCEPTED TO WORK IN SYNERGY WITH CPC IMO STATE.
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC UTILITY AND WATER RESOURCES, IMO STATE, ACCEPTED TO WORK IN SYNERGY WITH CPC IMO STATE.
The Commissioner for Public Utilities and Water Resources Chief Bar. Tony Umezurike has accepted to work in synergy with CPC Imo State.
The Commissioner stated this when the management team of Consumer Protection Council (CPC) Imo State led by the chairman of the commission, Hon.mrs Obioma Okafor visited him in his office at the State Secretariat complex Portharcourt road Owerri. Chief Umezurike said that CPC is a relevant agency and such, need to be supported. He expressed confidence in the ability of Hon. Mrs Obioma Okafor to achieve the desired results.
Speaking during the visit, Bar.Umezurike commended the CPC boss for showing her quality by taking the bold step to seek for immediate relocation of the council from a dilapidated office accommodation to a more befitting office complex for effective service delivery.
The Commissioner pledged to give the agency the required support and cooperation to achieve their objectives, assuring that his ministry will partner with CPC to fight against the production and sale of impure water in the state. He finally announced his plans to introduce water scheme in all the market places, schools both private and public especially now that the nation is battling wih covid-19 pandemic.
He later handed to the chairman CPC two branded bucket taps and hand sanitizers as part of his contributions to ensure CPC staff observed regular hand washing to prevent the spread of covid-19.
In her earlier address, Mrs Obioma called for collaboration with the Ministry of public utility to ensure that CPC Imo state achieve its cardinal objectives of protecting and enhancing the consumers interest through information, education and enforcement. She also requested the Honourable commissioner to visit CPC new office complex, to access the state of existing facilities with a view to doing the needful upgrade.
As a ministry of water resources, she maintained that water is essential and cannot be neglected, there is need to ensure that producers of portable water comply with the required standards.
The CPC BOSS expressed overwhelmed gratitude to the ministry for the welcome package and congratulates the commissioner for a well-deserved appointment as the commissioner for water resources and prayed God to strengthen him.
