RAYMOND OZOJI reports
As campaigns for the November 8th Anambra Governorship Election begins, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated in very strong terms that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the incumbent governor Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo have failed the state.
State Assistant Secretary of the APC in Anambra, Hon. Engr. Sam Ositadimma Oraegbunam, who stated this in an exclusive interview with HEADLINE NEWS at the party headquarters in Awka, described the present state government as a massive failure, adding that Anambra has been in a very sorry state under the incumbent governor.
Oraegbunam who emphasized that it was the turn of the APC to rule Anambra, said that the candidate of the party Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu has all it takes to redeem Anambra from her sorry state. According to him, the governor assembled a band of grumbling commissioners and also made the legislature completely dormant such that no motions are moved, no bills are passed except the bills brought by the governor.
He observed that the local government system in Anambra State is near zero because no local government chairman can safely grant press interviews because they would be removed from office even though they are perceived as elected chairmen .
He recalled that ex-governor Willie Obiano took war to criminal elements but today, the APC stalwart maintained that the criminals are owners of the land in Anambra State because the governor, according to him, is all-knowing.
The APC chieftain equally expressed worry that nobody is being posted to the Federal Court of Appeal in Awka because there is no security guarantee for the judges that would come to the court.
He said Anambra has had enough and it was time to connect the state to the centre, pointing out that Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu has what it takes to achieve it; that it is the turn of the APC to rule Anambra State.
Oraegbunam noted that the government of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has for more than 20 years underdeveloped Anambra State. That comparatively, Ebonyi State used to be a village but today the narrative has changed. He said same transformations are currently being witnessed in Enugu State and that Anambra is nowhere because APGA government has totally and completely underdeveloped the state.
He was of the opinion that the Government House that has been in existence and the Solution Fun City which people set up as private businesses within and outside the state are what the governor invited the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come and commission, adding that from all indications, Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has no single signature project that he started and finished under two years.
The APC chieftain reiterated that former Governor Willie Obiano built an airport and rather than install night landing facilities at the airport, Governor Soludo embarked on painting the airport. He said that at 4pm the Chinua Achebe International Cargo and Passenger Airport Umueri is shut down because there is no night landing facility at the airport as Asaba airport in Delta State becomes veritable alternative.
Again the APC scribe noted that intimidation is one of the campaign tools of the governor as the November 8th elections beckon. He claimed that the governor is intimidating and threatening traditional rulers with dethronement while Presidents-General are threatened with dissolution of their offices for caretaker committees coupled with the imposition of N50 Million on political parties before they can carry out electioneering campaigns.
Oraegbunam emphasized that since the governor could not get the president to endorse him publicly, he resorted to intimidations and suppression of other political parties with the imposition N50 Million on political parties before they could carry out outdoor campaigns thereby implicitly disenfranchising other smaller political parties who may withdraw from the governorship race due to what he saw as inhumane policy.
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