Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, says it will amount to
“ingratitude” for people from the south-east to say President Muhammadu Buhari
neglected the region.
Uzodimma said only the Buhari-led administration fulfilled
the promise of completing the second Niger bridge.
On March 8, Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and
housing, said the second Niger bridge will be completed in April.
Speaking on Monday in an interview with Channels, the Imo
governor said successive governments before Buhari’s administration paid lip
service to the completion of the bridge.
“Today, whether you like it or not, the party to beat is
APC. I come from the south-east. Since after the civil war, the only gateway
out of the south-east — the entire old eastern Nigeria — was that old river
Niger bridge,” he said.
“Government after government came, made promises and paid
lip service to the promises. From 1979 to 1983 — the second republic — we were
promised the second Niger bridge.
“From 1999 to 2007, we were promised the second Niger
bridge. Until 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, as I speak to you, has spent
over N360 billion
“Only last week, I was watching television. I saw the chief
of staff to the president, minister of works, minister of labour and
productivity inspecting the joining of the bridge for commissioning within the
next three months.
“It would be a thing of ingratitude for anybody to come from
that region to talk about President Buhari neglecting the old eastern bloc.”
Asked if he is sure that the 2023 presidential ticket of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) will be zoned to the south-east, the Imo
governor said the party’s ticket will be given to a politician who has the
capacity to win the election.
“This ticket is not an airline ticket. We are talking about
having a presidential candidate. It is a decision of the party. It has to be a
collective decision,” he added.
“Nobody will get the
presidential ticket because he spoke good English on the television. Nobody
will get the presidential ticket because he was abusing people on television.
It is a decision of the party and many factors will be responsible — covert and
overt factors — because at the end of the day, the ticket will be given to a
name that can win the election. Winnability is the name.”
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