The management of the Imo State Waste Management Agency, (ISWAMA) has announced its plans to create over five thousand jobs for Imo youths and other citizens at the commencement of full operations. The Managing Director of the Agency Barr Peter Ezeobi, disclosed this in Owerri during the inauguration of 1,000 workers cum flagging off of the scheme.
He said that in the interim, the Agency would be commencing its operations with the newly inaugurated 1,000 workers in the state.
Ezeobi who noted that revenue generation is one of the aims of the Agency, however, emphasized that the overriding objectives of the Agency were the creation of employment and making the state the cleanest nationwide.
Speaking at the event, Head, Revenue Generation, Business Development and Mobilization, Patrick Njoku, said the targeted jobs would come from the over two hundred revenue subheads as contained in the law establishing the agency.
He noted that the Agency was a creation of Imo State Law No 5 of 2020 as passed by the State House of Assembly and assented to by Governor Hope Uzodinma, pointing out that the enabling law for purposes of revenue generation listed hundreds of revenue subheads which, would in turn yield thousands of sustainable jobs for Imo youths.
Njoku lauded Governor Uzodinma for approving the take-off of the important agency, because of his desire to create employment for the Imo people and to return the lost glory of the state as the cleanest city in the country.
He also commended the state House of Assembly for providing legal teeth for the Agency, while thanking the MD of ISWAMA, Ezeobi, for his dexterity and capacity in driving the Agency’s objectives of a cleaner state and job creation.
Governor Uzodimma, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Youths, Eric Uwakwe, said the inauguration was practical proof of the governor’s love for youths and the people of the state.
He charged the pioneer staff to, not only strive for excellence and value addition to both citizens and government while working but, more importantly, to give the job a human face by treating people courteously and respectfully
