For the Record
Recounting one year in office as the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government Affairs, one can only marvel at the excellent strides of Chief Victor Felix Idem.
Upon resumption of office on the 16th of August, 2023, Chief Idem hit the ground running, bringing to bear his wealth of experience as a distinguished entrepreneur and outstanding technocrat.
Under his excellent watch of the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River State, Chief Idem achieved the following feats:
*Provided an enabling environment for rural dwellers of the state as part of sustaining the People’s First Agenda.*
*Developed the 18 Local government councils of the State ranging from infrastructure, rehabilitation of road to ease transportation such as Alifokpa road in Yala local government area amongst others.*
*Renovated the vandalized Bakassi and Akpabuyo Councils Secretariat occasioned by the END SARS Protest of 2020.*
*Renovated Traditional Rulers Council Chambers across various local government councils.*
*Installed Solar lights in various local government councils.*
*Drilled Boreholes in councils without water supply.*
*Provided Internet connectivity for ease of digital communication in local government councils across the state.*
*Integrated and centralized the Local government payroll system in order to bring sanity and ease of transitioning from active service to retirement. In this regard, all new retirees seamlessly receive their pension and emoluments without any incidence of non payment of pension as at when due.*
*Transformed the status quo of councils’ revenue collection and ensured remittance into designated government coffers which has boosted the Internally Generated Revenue of the state thereby enhancing federal allocation, productivity and infrastructural development.*
*Improved all local council’s sustainability and Inclusiveness.*
*Improved the micro-economy of the state through increased productivity in the agricultural sub-sector of rural communities.*
*Enhanced energy and food security in the state*
*Renovated abandoned Cross River State Local Government Service Commission Headquarters. The project is near completion*
*Trained and retrained Local Government Council budget officials.*
*Embarked on the monitoring and evaluation of activities of the 18 council areas through regular inspection of councils projects, records, account, charts and revenue generation.*
These and many more achievements are testament to Chief Idem’s unrelenting commitment to the growth and development of the local government areas of Cross River State.
Congratulations to the Honorable Commissioner Ministry of Local Government Affairs, Chief Victor Felix Idem. Cross Riverians are proud of your achievements and look forward to many more years of sterling accomplishments.
©️ MLGA Media Team
