RAYMOND OZOJI reports
The lawmaker representing Ogbaru 1 state constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly Hon. Noble Chukwunonso Igwe says Peter Obi, Dr. Chris Ngige, Chief Willie Obiano and others who have served as governors in Anambra didn't remember Okpoko community during their tenures as the community was completely forlorned and forgotten by his predecessors.
Igwe who stated this while speaking exclusively with HEADLINE NEWS in his office at the state assembly complex Awka, said he was born and bred in Okpoko and he could tell quite frankly that of all those who have served as governors in the state, only Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo remembered the slum called Okpoko community in spite of the huge deposits of economic potentials in the area.
Igwe said that Okpoko people will forever remain grateful to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo because they never believed that Okpoko could be transformed from being a gigantic slum into an urban centre with basic social amenities like a functional general hospital, good roads, solar-powered street lights, pipe-borne water, security, to mention just a few courtesy of the incumbent governor.
The lawmaker recalled that Governor Soludo said in his inaugural speech that he will give Okpoko community a new look and has kept to his words, adding that for the very first time in history, Okpoko now has a functional general hospital even as he pointed out that there was no single government presence in Okpoko before Soludo ameliorated the situation.
He further disclosed that all the roads in Okpoko community were terribly bad especially Nwokedi street, Orumba street, Muobike road, roads in Nkpikpa and some other streets already cut off by gully erosions but according to him, Soludo has offered lasting solutions to the deplorable roads by constructing new quality roads in Okpoko.
Igwe recalled that when Dr. Chris Ngige was the state governor, he constructed Obodoukwu road which according to him was less than 3 kilometers. Then Peter Obi, according to him, constructed Ede road which he said got dilapidated shortly after construction. That Peter Obi also did harbour industrial roads which were not necessarily roads inside Okpoko community.
Igwe who stated that Chief Willie Obiano didn't do anything for Okpoko people during his regime, noted that Soludo has surpassed his predecessors in the provision of basic social amenities and infrastructures for the people of Okpoko community.
He said even as an opposition lawmaker in the House of Assembly, it is incumbent upon him to speak the truth and that the people of Okpoko community are happy with Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo.
He said people now walk at night in Okpoko without being molested or harassed by hoodlums because there is light everywhere in Okpoko, noting that the governor is now connecting many pivotal roads with major emphasis on Nwokedi street which he described as a dungeon. That the contractor handling the project on Nwokedi street is doing a good job as he visits the work site regularly.
The erudite legislator who is currently serving his second term in the House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said Soludo's infrastructural developments in Okpoko community has earned him 95% of votes in the area and they would support him all the way to ensure his reelection in 2025.
Igwe also pointed out that insecurity was not peculiar to Anambra State alone as the entire country is under siege. He said the governor is moving round the state every Monday to encourage citizens to come out and do their businesses instead of sitting at home for fear of being attacked.
According to him, the governor is not happy with the killings at Nibo and Ifite-Awka recently but he stressed that Governor Soludo is deploying every means possible to ensure that insecurity becomes a thing of the past in Anambra State.
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