A socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo nation
known as Igbo Assembly has warned that the Igbo would not support any
presidential candidate opposed to restructuring Nigeria, indicating that the
group are poised in supporting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
This was declared by a chieftain of the group and
member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the PDP, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu,
who gave the clarification at the flag-off of the party’s campaign rally in Imo
State held at Ubomiri in Mbaitoli council area.
Relying on the potential of the PDP presidential standard
bearer, he said it is only the PDP that is genuinely committed to restructuring
the country as opposed to other parties who he said are playing to the gallery.
According to him, “What the APC is saying about
restructuring is a deceit, and Atiku is the only candidate that can truly
implement restructuring so you should support him and our governorship
candidate, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, in order to heave a sigh of relief.
"As the oldest member of the BoT of the PDP, I
am in a better position to talk of the qualities and suitability of Ihedioha to
move the state forward. He has been tested and has been found to be capable to
take us to the next level of development and growth.
"Please vote for all PDP candidates in the next
general election and reject those who promise to build bridges for you where
there are no rivers.”
Former Governor of the state, Achike Udenwa, along
with the state Chairman of the party, Charles Ezekwem, and other chieftains of
the party enjoined the electorate to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC)
at the polls to end their misery and destitution.
“With Atiku as president and Ihedioha as governor,
you will begin to recover what has eluded you over the years; workers and pensioners
will be paid and our hospitals will begin to work again. There will be no more China
roads in Imo State and the time to act has come,” they said.
Dwelling on his agenda "to rebuild Imo State and
my word is my bond," Ihedioha listed good governance, human capital
development, jobs and wealth creation, integrated infrastructure development as
among his blue print of action if elected the next governor.
“Our dear state is bedeviled with a rapid decay of
public infrastructure, crippling debt burden of over N100 billion up from 26
billion in 2011 without any meaningful infrastructure to show for it, but
instead, we have mounting salary and pension arrears, unemployment and
underdevelopment despite the fact that between May 2011 and December 2017, Imo State
Government received over half a trillion naira from the Federation Account
excluding the bailout fund of N63.91 billion, Paris fund of N32.02 billion,
over N50 billion internally generated revenue and ecological funds running into
several billions of naira,” he lamented.
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