…Calls For Sustained Efforts To Re-elect Soludo.
Business mogul and philanthropist from Umuenwelum Anam, Anambra West Local Goverment Area, Chief David Edochie Onuorah has dump the Labour Party (LP) to All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Speaking, Chief Onuorah disclosed that his defection to APGA is as a result of the sterling performance of Governor Chukwuma Soludo in less than three years of his administration, which he noted has boosted the socioeconomic development of the State.
Chief Onuorah made it clear that Governor Soludo’s administration’s dynamics has positively touched the people of Anambra West, citing the construction of Miata Anam-Nzam road, connection of some communities in the area to national grid, ongoing construction of a general hospital at Oroma-Etiti Anam, construction of a befitting Local Government Headquarters at Nzam, among numerous others.
According to the Lagos based business mogul, the greatest challenge facing his people is lack of access roads, and that Governor Soludo is matching words with action in that regard, but appealed to the Governor to extend his benevolence to other acces roads in the local government, such as Umuenwelum-Oroma-Umuikwu-Umudora Anam roads, as well as other internal roads in the council to ease the mode of transportation of his people whom he described as the food basket of the State.
On the clampdown on fake native doctors and ezenwanyi by the Anambra State Government, Chief Onuorah opined that the Soludo’s administration is in the right track as most of the native doctors and ezenwanyi have pushed many youths into crimes, through false belief that (Okeite, Awele, Aro agba aka, ibobo) and so many other unfounded claims, will skyrocket them to an unimaginable success, saying that there’s no short cut to success.
Answering questions about the perennial flooding threatening the existence of his people, he regretted that the federal government of Nigeria has kept quiet for so long, wondering what it will take the federal government to construct dams and dredge both Rivers Omambala and Niger to save them from the billions of naira Ndi Anambra West loose annually to flooding, which also affects him too.
Chief Onuorah berated politicians who seek elective positions for self aggrandizement, saying that it is the bane of underdevelopment facing Nigeria in general and advocated for attitudinal change by every Nigerian especially politicians, urging them to emulate the United States, China and other developed countries of the world for the betterment of the country at large.
The business executive made it clear that the current educational system in Nigeria is obsolete, while advocating for quick overhaul of the nation’s educational system. He suggested a system that would be entrepreneurial based and technically inclined, where students would be engaged in more in technical works than theories, saying that the world is now tech-based, and if Nigeria and Nigerians do not join immediately, they will be left behind which is counterproductive.
Among dignitaries that graced the event were, the State Commissioner for Local Goverment, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Hon. Tonycollins Nwabunwanne , the immediate past member that represented Anambra East and West Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin C Obidigwe, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa, represented by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Dr. Ejimofor Oparah among others.
