The Vice Presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Mr. Peter Obi has
described the Minister of Labour and employment, Dr. Chris Ngige as being too
old for mischief-making.
Obi told Ngige to focus his
energy on how to make Nigeria work, rather than continuing in engaging in
mischief.
Obi who spoke through his Media
Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem in a release made available to the press was
reacting to statements made by Ngige that he was ashamed of the quality of roads
constructed by his successors. Obienyem wondered why Ngige loves attacking Mr.
Peter Obi, who had not, except during electioneering, attacked him, but rather
compliments him on his modest achievements on roads.
He said, “What is most
condemnable in Ngige’s attacks are the lies he tells just to bring Obi down.
How could he mention roads such as Abatete-Nteje-Aguleri-Otuocha road and
Igboukwu-Ezenifite-Umunze , Iseeke roads and deliberately forgot that Obi did
greater portions of those roads?”
Obienyem said that it was
instructive that over 90% of the roads Ngige mentioned were done in his local
government.
Obienyem said that though Obi
used local contractors in line with his policy of supporting our own people,
just like he supported Innoson and other industrialists in the state which some
of the contractors disappointed, that majority of roads Obi did, like the
Umueze-Anam-Nmiata road was done by RCC; Ayamelum and Onitsha roads done by
Nigercat; Headbridge-Upper Iweka done by the CCC.
Obienyem opted to take Ngige
round some roads Obi did such as Awka-Amawbia dual carriage road; Old
Nkpor-Abagana-Awka road; Adazi-Obeledu-Akwaeze-Igboukwu road;
Igbarian-University road; Ichi roads; Nkwo Okija; Umunze Anam-Mmiata;
Nkweleezunaka by pass; Over 30 roads within Onitsha GRA; Over 10 roads within
Onitsha Habour industrial area; the 6- lane dual carriage road from Head bridge
to Upper Iweka; Upper Iweka-Umunya; the Nkpor flyover built in collaboration
with the Federal Government which can even carry trains; Obosi-bypass; Awka
road; Oguta road; Old Oba-Nnewi road; Mmiri John road ( Ojoto); creek road
among others for Ngige to see that the roads are still standing like the
Gibraltar.
On what Ngige said on roads not
being maintained, Obienyem said that Obi always included money for road
maintenance in his yearly budget and that he maintained all the roads in the
state by patching potholes and yearly desilting the culverts such that the
roads stood the test of time, even during the rainy seasons.
“During Obi’s time, the
Umuoji-Nnobi road Ngige did develop massive erosion cutting the road at Uke
which Obi did; Abatete-Oraukwu road developed similar erosion which Obi did;
the Nimo-Neni-Awka-Etiti road was the same and only made passable because Obi
was maintaining it. Today Neni-Awka-Etiti road that he did is one of the worst
roads in Nigeria.”
Continuing, Obienyem said:
“Knowing the importance of road maintenance, shortly before he left, Obi set up
the Anambra State Road Maintenance Agency with full compliments of brand new
equipment. He also leftover 4 billion Naira in the Ministry of Works for road
maintenance before he handed over. We have the account details and other
relevant evidence.”
Obienyem, who noted Ngige’s
endless brag on the Federal roads he did said they were only two that are in
Idemili: Nkpor-Nnobi and Borromeo -Nkpor as against many that Obi did such as
the Headbridge-Upper-Iweka; Upper-Iweka-Umunya; Oba-Nnewi; Nkpor-Amawbia; Zik’s
Avenue, among others.
“Ngige did his without approval,
while Obi secured approval to be refunded before his own intervention”,
Obienyem said.
Obienyem advised Ngige not to go
to the area of comparing his Government with that of Obi, saying that the
people of the state know the truth.
“Where will the comparison start?
Is it health, where Ngige did nothing? Is it education, where Ngige did
nothing? is it commerce and industry, where Ngige did nothing? is it the
provision of infrastructure, where all he did was to cause the burning down of
the state? Is it our relationship with donor agencies? Where?” Obienyem asked.
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