By Francis Igata

ENUGU—The Director General, National Boundary Commission, Dr. Mohammed Ahmad has enjoined the officials of Enugu and Ebonyi States to maintain their existing tempo of commitment to ensure that their boundary dispute is resolved completely.

The commission’s boss who led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State in his office at the weekend ahead of the  meeting of the commission with officials of both state governments and representatives of the disputed areas commended both sides for speedily attaining resolution of the conflict.

The Enugu governor assured him that not only would   the gains made so far in the negotiation between the two sister states be consolidated but that the nagging boundary disputes between Enugu and Anambra states and any other state would be shortly made to attain the same level of resolution as achieved in the case of Ebonyi and Enugu.

The DG, who briefed the governor on the bilateral meeting of the officials of both states at the Government House, Enugu, noted that the dispute resolution and boundary definition process had attained an appreciable level.

In his words, there is no doubt that if the current tempo of commitments is maintained, the entire boundary will be defined and demarcated in no distant future.”

Dr. Ahmad   had noted with regret the slow pace of progress on the boundary dispute, blaming the unfortunate scenario on the non-readiness of the states to mobilize and support their contingents on joint field works.