~ Says, only APC governor can salvage Anambra
Anambra’s season of politicking is fast creeping in, this is as a former National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Paul Chukwuma has revealed that he will contest the Anambra governorship election next year.
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone had last week also revealed his intention to contest the election, describing Governor Chukwuma Soludo as an under-performing governor.
Chukwuma who is also the Pro-Chancellor of Olivia University, Burundi, said he is now convinced that the underdevelopment in Anambra was because of the inability of the state to connect to the centre by joining the APC.
In a press chat with journalists in his country home in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area on Saturday, Chukwuma said only an APC governor can develop Anambra State, under an APC-led federal government.
He argued that there were advantages of having a governor from the APC in the current regime, as there are many decision making gatherings that governors that are not of APC stock may not be aware of, including Anambra governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo who is of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
He said: “Go and look at the two states in the South East that are being governed by APC; Ebonyi and Imo, and compare them with other states that are governed by other political parties, and you will see the difference.
“In Ebonyi, the past and present governors have used the platform to attract the goodwill of the federal government, and if you go there, you will see the quality of their projects.
“Go to Imo, you will see massive projects there. As I speak to you now, Orashi River is being dredged, courtesy of the federal government. Hope Uzodinma has used the opportunity of his closeness to the federal government to attract projects. Right now, Federal University of Technology (FUTO) is being turned into a full conventional university. They are building a teaching hospital there now.
“What Governor Hope Uzodinma is doing there, we have never seen it here. Those who are criticizing Hope are just doing so to get at him, not because he is not performing.
“Coming to Anambra, all the erosion sites we have everywhere here, we can not tackle it. We need federal government funds to be able to do so. That is why I’m saying that the problem is not with those who are governors today, but the party they come from.”
The businessman said he is ready to throw his hat in the ring for the election next year, adding that coming from APC, he will leverage his closeness to the government at the centre to fix most problems in the state, which are seen as beyond the capacity of the state government.
