Ngige: I’ll Not Neglect Anambra North The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, has said he would not neglect the people of Anambra North senatorial district if elected governor of the state. Ngige made the pledge at a meeting with over 20 traditional rulers from communities in the seven council areas that make up the zone at the palace of His Royal Highness, Igwe Rowland Odegbo, chairman of Anambram North council of Traditional Rulers. The APC governorship candidate who claimed to have come to intimate them with his reasons for wanting to come back to finish the work he started during his stint as governor said it was impossible to neglect the zone by any right thinking person and explained that part of the reasons for staging a comeback was that the state still needs a solid foundation to revive the fading structures he once erected. “I am still saying that the situation we are in Anambra State today means that we must lay a solid foundation. Some people say I am being immodest. No. The structures I put in place have all collapsed. Take security of lives and property for instance, how many Traditional rulers have been kidnapped? Security of lives and property as well as the welfare of the people are cardinal in the constitution of Nigeria. The same goes for food, shelter and education of our children so that they will become responsible citizens,” he said. Ngige stressed that he had immense respect for the traditional institution, a reason he said inspired him to start paying Traditional Rulers living allowances in what he called his first missionary journey, adding that he was the first to look into their welfare and that anybody who did anything for them afterwards was only trying to walk in his footsteps. It was wrong, he said, to believe that things are normal in the state. Rather, he said they had become an aberration such that the General Hospital in Onitsha which he helped to accredit and over 13 courses at the state owned university that enabled the accreditation by the National Universities commission (NUC) had all been lost. “I am not contesting again to answer his Excellency or ride with the siren blaring or even answer a senator. No. God has given me all this and more. But we are coming on a rescue mission. We are not saying that Anambra north can’t rule, but is it now things have gone so bad? “If Governor Peter Obi who said he has zoned the state governorship to Anambra North is sincere, why didn’t he do it after four years? It is a poisoned chalice. Yes, he has brought a northern candidate in APGA in the person of Willie Obiano, but is this the kind of northern candidate that you wanted, his bank associate? His running mate, Hon. Ralph Okeke, said the situation in Anambra today is bad and which made it imperative for those of them who were concerned to draft Ngige to lead the rescue mission. “It is not a thing for trial and error. We called him because of his antecedents. Although those of us from Anambra North felt we should produce the governor of the state, but I believe that in all things, God determines. Why we haven’t produced a Governor for the state is just a coincidence. It wasn’t the fault of either the South or Central zones. Chairman of Anambra North Traditional Rulers council, Igwe Rowland Odegbo from Nteje, Oyi local government area, who responded said Ngige had ruled before and did well and prayed God to lead him in his campaigns
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:14:46 +0000
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