Umabor Youths threaten to boycott political campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections

Youths of Umabor Eha-Alumona Community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have protested what they described as decades of neglect by successive governments, threaten to boycott political campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The protesters who carry banner with the inscription, “We shall not vote party that cannot provide for us Security, Roads, Schools, took to the streets to draw attention to the poor state of infrastructure in the community, including roads, schools and health facilities.

They lamented that despite consistently supporting successive administrations in the state, the community had received little or no government intervention.

The youths also raised concerns over insecurity in the area, alleging frequent attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen and linking the situation to the deplorable condition of access roads.

According to them, politicians often make promises during election campaigns but fail to deliver after assuming office.

One of the residents, Utonwa Michael, appealed to the Enugu State Government to rehabilitate existing schools in the community, noting that the distance between some villages and the state’s Smart Schools had limited access to quality education for many children.

“The distance between some of our villages and the Smart Schools is too far, thereby denying many of our sons and daughters access to quality and accessible education” .

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“This is the current state of our primary and secondary schools as of this morning, 16th June 2026.

“We respectfully call on the government to address this situation by rehabilitating existing schools within our communities and ensuring that every child, regardless of where they live, has access to quality education close to home.”
” Education is a fundamental right, and we believe that no child should be disadvantaged simply because of where they reside.”

Another indigene, Christian Nnaemeka, expressed concern over the condition of roads in the community, stating that residents had continued to fulfil their civic responsibilities during elections but often felt neglected afterwards.

He said the people were increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of visible development in critical sectors such as education, road infrastructure and security.

” Our roads are in poor condition, many of our schools need serious attention, and security remains a growing concern. These are basic necessities that every community deserves.

“This time, our message is clear: leadership must be accompanied by tangible results. We will continue to demand good governance, quality education, improved security, and better road infrastructure for our people. Umabor deserves better,”.

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“The current state of roads in Umabor, Nsukka LGA, is not encouraging at all.

Some residents also took to social media to call for urgent government intervention.

Reacting to the situation, the spokesperson of the Umabor Unity Forum, Comrade Emmanuel Uzoh Ugwueze, described the state of public infrastructure in the community as alarming.

Comrade Ugwueze said previous appeals to successive governments had yielded little result, adding that the community had suffered prolonged neglect.

He noted that public facilities in the area required urgent intervention and called on Governor Peter Mbah to address the community’s concerns by
providing the needed infrastructure and security.

“We are so pained as a community over the level of deterioration of public infrastructure in our area.

” All the public facilities in our community are in a sorrowful state, and demand emergency intervention.”

“Apart from the bad state of the schools and other facilities in our area, the bad state of Agu-Umabor Road is contributing to the insecurity we are experiencing along that axis.

According to him, the poor condition of the Agu-Umabor Road has contributed to the security challenges facing residents.

Edited by Chinwe Mamah