Any vote for the Islamic APC is a vote for Shekau and Boko Haramites..

Ng, I do not need to engage you on the authenticity of this matter..

@Topic: Aba is doing great by its indigenous manufacturing sector. Other parts of the country should take a cue from this..

ketoprofen:

in that case, anambra is spoon, take it or leave it.

Congrats boss..

It is a cup of oil, take it or leave it..

ketoprofen:
what cup?
Why exactly are u denigrating your sister state? Imo has richer oil reserves than anambra, in fact, its the richest inland oil deposits in Nigeria.
What is wrong with you?
Does your support for igboland end with anambra,?
Anytime, they say something good about an Igbo state, you oppose it .
What have you even commented concerning the topic?

Why will anything be wrong in that when overtaking is allowed..?

ketoprofen:

And what is wrong if imo, abia and Enugu have higher GDP than anambra?

Oil that others do not have? Apart from that cup of oil, there is nothing else happening in that state called economic activity. The current GDP of Imo state is only being trailed by Ebonyi in the whole of SE.

iwonbaoko:
Someone already showed a list of states by GDP on this thread have a look at that or google it. In terms of competing with Lagos that is "potentially". Imo state has some oil and with the righ economic policies and governance it should "compete"

It is true nwanne, we dey here dey jolly over the court matter..

Ngige should prepare to leave senate next year..

Ifebros: Chino nwanne, give us the breaking news na. Obiano floors Ngige and Nwoye at the supreme court. Congratulations Obiano.

That guy is does not know anything about the current SE GDP. Below is the current GDP ranking in the SE at the moment:

- Anambra

- Abia

- Enugu

- Imo

- Ebonyi

asha80: iwonbaoko pls explain how economic output in imo is higher than abia and can compete with lagos accoding to you

Hahahaa..I have become Odenigbo now because he gave u my kind of punch.

Ur problem is complex issue. Was it not the same pix of owerre that we see here everyday, very dirty place without even good roads. Have u seen the bad roads that littered all over owerre which I'm ready to share here right now? The only reason few people go to owerre is because of ur cheap girls that are mostly prostitutes in that ur useless state..lol. Any graduate of IMSU is a potential roadside wh.ore..lol but that is the truth. Ur education and health sectors are the worst in the SE..lol

The only economic activity in owerre and imo state is prostitution that is why u hardly see other Igbos living in owerre. But the reverse is the case because at least 1/4th of imo state people are resident in Anambra. Why is that?lol

Anambra beats imo state hands down when it comes to dvelopment. Awka as a young state capital beats owerre. Awka receives more weekenders than ur filthy harlots infested owerre. Awka is getting malls and flyovers while owerre of over 35yrs old is yet to have any of these facilities..lol

Ur people troop to Anambra to sink billions whereas they left ur state desolate and deserted..lol we are not responsible for your backwardness. It will take imo state another 100yrs to get to where Anambra is at the moment..that is if ur rabble rouser gov will not increase ur current debt profile from 200b to 500b by next year. Anambra will continue to be miles ahead ur useless and 'ordinary' state and there is nothing u can do about.

Imo state is the least developed state in the SE. Deal with it or go and die because all ur mates are already dead..

abagoro: Odenigbo AKA Oneeast AKA Chino your case is pathetic.I've seen you in Imo, Abia and Enugu threads critcizing without other Igbos taking it personal. We must be real here, Owerri is way more developed than all your State. You can go and die for all I care. Obiano looks set to liberate your State from the hands of Obi and Umeh. At least the signs are there. My prayer is that in the future one can visit Awka for a cool weekend the way we do visit Owerri, Calabar and Enugu.

U just nailed it. The ediot born ba.stard by an ikwere woman should just go and die because all his mates are dead. Abagwor go and die ur mates are all dead.
His envy and frustration for our lovely state is actually driving him into a full blown madman..lol

OdenigboAroli:

You see,the only way people like you will ever learn to mind your business or at least speak the truth is to be blown up with OGBUNIGWE ! And I mean this!
Nobody abandoned any hotel,the said hotel has not been going on for 8yrs and not even more than two and the funds for the projects were already mapped out by Obi before he left. You jealousy for Anambra drives you crazy and pushes you to all limits of insanity. Did you say flawed election? What do I expect from an insecure and a compulsive lying old punk like you. What Obi did for Anambra is well documented and Obiano wont be on this speed if it wasn't for the solid foundation laid down by Obi. What Obi did in Anambra gave Obiano the option to try other avenue of investment and that is continuity. Akpokuedike has been hammering that h3 will continue where Obi stopped and thats what he is doing. Education,healthcare,industrialisation,agriculture and roads and housing has been shaped for a speedy take off and Obiano wont be on this speed if it wasnt for the dirty job Obi did. For example,the Omor rice farm was acquired by Obi after three year of negotiations with the federal government and now Obiano just have to bring investors and blow up the revolution.
You are pained and frustrated that Anambra is miles ahead of everybody and since you have ran out of options to use and bring us down you are now towing another way. Just go and die because all your mates are dead!

Abagwo I have warned u to back off from anything that concerns my state and its people. Imagine the projects that started last year that u ediot said started 8yrs ago.

What Obi achieved in all sector will take leaders in imo state 40yrs to attempt.

Stop poking your nose on our matters because we are ahead u and ur state in all indices of development.

Okorosha is an incompetent rabble rouser who needs to understudy Obi' developmental progs.

Anambra is on the path of steady development, no envy from clowns like u can stop us.

Obiano is taking us to another level from where Obi stopped. We are not resposible for the backwardness in ur 'ordinary' state.

Abagworo:

I hope your eyes are now cleared with regards to Peter Obi. Obiano has shown clearly that he has the good of Anambra at heart. I've been quite impressed with his actions even though he emerged through a flawed electoral process. That Onitsha hotel for example was abandoned by Obi and could not be completed for 8 years but Obiano knowing that the State can't afford to continue that way invited private investors to take over. I just pray he is not blackmailed by the Umeh mafia and his good intentions derailed.

ANSIPPA estimates that by the end of December this year, Anambra would be $1.5bn richer in investments arising from another five MoUs that are in line to be signed.

The people rejoice when a technocrat is in power..

Governor Willie Obiano’s pursuit of excellence in Anambra State has continued to resound across the world as the investment community recently responded to his economic programmes by investing a whopping $382.3m (N62bn) into various strategic economic segments in the state.

Out of this sum, a total of $220m was signed in at the weekend when two major investors decided to swoop on the agricultural and tourism sectors of the state. The companies are Joseph Agro Ltd which pumped in the sum of $150m into the Omor Rice Mill project in Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state and Cardinal Developers Trust Ltd which is investing the sum of $70m in a five-star hotel project in Onitsha respectively.

Joseph Agro Limited, a subsidiary of Bravura, one of Nigeria’s major energy firms and its technical partner, REI Agro Commodities, the world’s leading rice producer has by this agreement taken over the Omor Rice Mill with its 10,000 hectares of virgin land and the 3,850 hectare Lower Anambra Irrigation Project.

Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony in Awka at the weekend, the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano explained that Joseph Agro Ltd would produce 120,000 metric tonnes of rice paddies per year in its first phase, pointing out that in addition to the output of Coched Farms, the project would completely eliminate the state’s rice supply deficit by 99%.

Said he; “Joseph Agro Ltd will help expand our scope in the agricultural sector. When fully operational, it will put 10,000 people in direct employment and about 25,000 in indirect employment. At the same time it will lead to the development of human and technical capacity to enhance local rice production as well as boost the growth in our internally generated revenue,”

Like Joseph Agro Ltd, Cardinal Developers & Trust Limited is also taking over the completion of Anambra’s 5-Star luxury hotel in Onitsha, which will be managed by Radisson Blu on completion. Cardinal Developers & Trust Ltd is expected to build a 2,000 capacity conference center in Onitsha and construct 161 units of luxury apartments, flats and terrace houses in Onitsha.

Offering insight into the nature and benefits of the agreement with Cardinal Developers & Trust Ltd, Governor Obiano explained that “the project is expected to form a part of the Onitsha Entertainment Hub which has a world class shopping mall currently under construction and is financed by Africa Capital Alliance. This project will generate 400 direct jobs and 2000 indirect jobs.”

According to him, on completion, the hotel is expected to attract discerning clientele and stimulate a new culture and lifestyle in Onitsha that has not been in existence all these years in addition to catalyzing the interest of investors in Onitsha which is in line with the state government’s on-going urban renewal efforts in the major cities.

Also speaking at the MOU signing, the Managing Director, Mr. Joe Billy Ekwunife explained that the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA) through which the investments found their way into the state had received 112 presentations and proposals from prospective investors and service providers in the last four months.

Said he; “These investors and proposals are put through a generic assessment and viability exercise which evaluates the investor’s credibility and competence, financial capacity and timeframe of investment, among other criteria. At this moment seven (7) proposed investments have been identified as suitable, credible and value-creating for the indigenes of Anambra State. It is worthy of note that the generic assessment and risk analysis exercise has been carried out.”

ANSIPPA estimates that by the end of December this year, Anambra would be $1.5bn richer in investments arising from another five MoUs that are in line to be signed.

Anambra State is fast becoming an investors’ haven of sorts since the Obiano administration tightened the noose on crime and insecurity in the state

Already, one of the investors, Coched Farms Project, a subsidiary of the Coscharis Group has set up an office along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, hired some workers and mobilized to its farm settlement in Anaku.

On its own part, the state government has moved in to build the capacity that would support the impending agricultural revolution, successfully midwifing the formation of 1,874 cooperative societies that will catalyze the revolution. The members of these cooperatives will be trained and prepared in modern technics of mechanized farming.

Nwanne am at your services..

3dankey: Seriously chino, what berem said is true. U just derailed ur own thread now. U would have ignored agonized = Tunde salami = many other things. Seriously would have love to see where there will be using for this search ( meaning the area in Aguleri).
Chino please learn to ignore some comments, don't even know if the ANAMBRA THREAD you are planning to create will last cos of this kind of behavior. The first comment from Tunde salami would have being ignored totally and we would have asked important questions about the search.
Also Chino, I will like to ask you a very important question.

Hmm! She is my family friend and honey at the same time..

zlatansomto: Chino e be lyk say you wan test run this old mama toto,. That's if you never dey shine the congo already ...

Honey am sorry for doing that..

berem: why do you always derail your threads? Why?

I am the guy at the far left.

Sunnybobo3:

But Chino I can't see you in the picture abi na you dey snap the picture?

I can see Berem though.

It must be very tough for the dude..at times I feel sympathetic about his situation!

chinazalized: the worst of all is that the prison he served is kirikiri prison, No inmate remains normal after serving in this prison

It was when I realized that he is an ex con via that letter that I started pitying him. I know how our prisons are..the place must have affected him mentally. Even some members PM-ed me to confirm the authenticity of the info and I directed them to that letter, they were like 'wow'.. so this is true..

chinazalized: kikikikikikikikiki, they whole forum knows about him now

The girl make sense die..

kennygee: The second girl by the left sha.

Ex con..how market? How did you allow chinazalized to lay his hand on that your conviction letter?

anagolized:


bwahhhhaaa your big shapeless head go just break.

I must win this year's Gulder Ultimate Search..

Op, the road is nylon tarred and very wide that if they do not put those pedestrian crossings it will be suicidal for people to be running across the road. There are about 3-4 pedestrian crossings now on that Chukwuemeka Odemegwu-Ojukwu Way. It can only get better.

Anambra adigo mma..

These girls among them must be very strong to have qualified for the ultimate search. Chino is actually among the people that qualified for this year's search.

Anambra is Peaceful, Secure and Serene with great Tourism potentials - Governor Obiano tells GUS delegation

Take advantage of the peace, security and serene environment of Anambra state with its great tourism potentials as you embark on your latest adventure in our State. Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano stated this while welcoming the delegation for the 11th edition of the Gulder Ultimate Search Television Reality Show holding in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area who were on a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia.

An elated Governor of the State, Willie Obiano could not hide his feelings about the development and told the organizers and the GUS participants during a courtesy call at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia that the State has huge tourism potentials for exploration. According to the Governor; “most of the sites including the Ogbunike Cave have numerous appeals that bring people closer to nature. My administration is committed to making the state conducive for all and I am glad you are taking advantage of the peace we have in Anambra State and I welcome you.”

Obiano commended the GUS delegation that were in the State against the backdrop of improved security situation and enabling environment for their wisdom in choosing Aguleri and Anambra State for the Show, assuring that they would enjoy secured, peaceful and serene environment throughout the duration of the search. He gave some historical facts of the community and noted that the visit would offer them opportunity to widen their knowledge and understanding of the State and Aguleri.

Governor Obiano further explained that his administration’s economic agenda in the 4-Pillars of Development which include Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, Oil and Gas and Industrialization, and the Enablers were designed to expand the state’s scope of investment, create employment and open fresh windows of revenue generation. He enjoined Nigerian Brewery, sponsors of the reality show to extend their investment to the State as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and take advantage of the huge market to their various products.

Earlier, the Corporate Affairs Adviser of the Company, Mr. Kufre Ekanem noted that they chose the State and Aguleri because of the secure and conducive environment as well as remarkable achievements recorded by the State.

Mr. Ekanem observed that the State had become a reference point in the country as a standard bearer others were trying to emulate.

He assured that they would use the programme to showcase the remarkable achievements, recorded by the State to the outside world.

Cosmila is a serene and beautiful hotel for holidaying and relaxation..

Perhaps 2015 is the best year yet for the people of Abia state to elect a sure-fire governorship candidate into the Government House. Even the Peoples Democratic Party will not want to miss the opportunity in putting its best foot forward –by choosing a candidate that is not just remarkable but exemplary. Uchechukwu Ogah, the President of Masters Energy Limited, brims with confidence and resilience as he intends to take a shot at Abia State Government House. His dreams and strategies as a would-be Governor are unassailable. His pedigree commands respect; he is a chartered accountant with more than 16 years’ banking experience. A graduate of Banking and Finance, he holds an MBA and belongs to several professional bodies. Ogah, one of PDP’s governorship aspirants in Abia, has also attended many Senior Management Development programmes, locally and internationally. In this interview, he speaks with Akinwale Akintunde on how he will use his wealth of experience and the secret of his success at Masters Energy Limited to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of Abia if elected as the next governor of the state


There is this belief that Abia state has never had a good leader. Do you agree with this?
I do not completely share that belief. When you say good leader, everybody has his own measure of capacity and so you can’t say that Abia has never had good leadership since inception because in one way or the other those who have governed it had contributed their own quota one way or the other based on their capacity. I have this firm belief that there’s always a leader at each point in time for a divine purpose.

That assertion has to do with development; many believe the state is backward in terms of development. Is this what motivated you to join the race?
You’ve said it. Some are born administrators, some are born teachers or one vocation or the other. That is why I believe that this time around, Abia needs a technocrat and a visionary leader, a man who has the capacity to be able to generate all the deliverables in the state. I’ve told people in Abia State that if I’m sworn in within one year and there is no significant progress, I will resign and come back to my numerous businesses. For instance, you should understand that Aba is not only the biggest and the most effective commercial city for eastern region; it was for the entire nation. That was the reason why every other leader has always referred to Aba as the Japan of Africa. And if you look at Aba, the successes achieved by Governor Mbakwe came from Aba because he was able to develop Aba and the people were therefore able to pay increased revenue to the old Imo’s treasury.

What’s the catch about Aba?
What people have not understood is that you need to develop that commercial city, once you do this then the internally generated revenue of the state would shore up and then you keep having revenues to develop the entire state. I’ve told people in Abia that within seven days I’m sworn in as a governor, I will bring in the best construction firm into Aba even though there is no money we would get money to make sure that they start work immediately. In fact, by the time you see our manifesto, there is one complex network of road and overhead infrastructure we want to put in Aba which is called spaghetti, which can turn the entire Aba city into a world-class city because if you develop it, you can have large percentage of Abia people going back home once again.
People will come from the North, South and the West because it’s a city that made most successful people in Nigeria especially most Igbo millionaires. If you see most successful businessmen and women in Kaduna, Lagos, Abuja today they were all by-products of Aba. There’s a lot we can do for ourselves and I offer to lead this time-changing team. And note, Aba does not need any man from the South of Abia to develop it, it only needs a man who has passion, who has vision, who is committed, who is a businessman, who knows what it means to turn one naira to one billion naira; which some of us have done. And like I tell people, my coming into politics is beyond zoning, it’s beyond controversy; there’s a reason why God is bringing me out at a time like this for the people of Abia state to rejoice.

You just mentioned the critical aspect, which is zoning. I don’t know which side of Abia you come from and I want to know whether you key into the zoning arrangement that is on ground now?
For me, in the history of Abia there has never been zoning. Every zone or clan has always contested in every election. And by divine intervention God has always made the leaders to come out from various clans. I never knew of Abia Charter of Equity until late, I think three months into my aspiration and for me I’m not even looking at that. By that Charter of Equity, if it is justly employed I am better placed but that is not of too much interest to me. My business and my concern is that we need in Abia today a man who can turn it around beyond the imagination of the people, a man that can take the dividends of democracy to the grassroots, a man who can develop Abia beyond a particular zone, a man who can do what you call even distribution of dividends of democracy among all the stakeholders in Abia. I want to be governor of Abia so that our people will feel the true dividends of democracy being evenly distributed. What I mean is that if you do two kilometres of road in the south, you do same in the central and in the north and make the people to experience just and equitable governance. I’ve told my people that this is the first time we would have a true governor who is an Abia governor for the entire Abia people home and abroad.

What qualifies you to be the governor of Abia State or what makes you think that you will be a better replacement for the current governor?

I have over 6,000 people under my employment. It’s all about managing people and resources effectively. I’ve run my enterprise successfully from zero position to a balance sheet of several billions. For me, it is about when God calls a man He also empowers him. There’s not much difference between public governance and private business undertaking; they are almost the same as it is all about managing people and resources. Those who left private enterprises like Governor Obi of Anambra, Chime of Enugu and Akpabio of Akwa Ibom have justified this assertion. In Abia today, we need a technocrat who can exhibit uncanny business sense and will take Abia as a business entity and be able to bring out the best out of it, building on what the current governor is doing. Everybody knows that the challenges of doing private business in Nigeria today are enormous but by and large we are successful. And mark this, in my entire career I’ve never been a failure. As long as it is God that is leading me, there’s a pact with Him and I see success ahead. Life itself is full of challenges; a man can decide to take his bath and in the process slumps in the bathroom and die. Yes, there are challenges both in private and public business but the ability to navigate through them is what makes the difference. I therefore offer to make that difference as I have what it takes.

On which party’s platform do you intend to contest?

I’ve always been in PDP; I’m a party person. I believe in the party’s ideology but I’m not a desperate politician.

Why did you think the PDP is the best platform to pursue your governorship ambition?
This is because I’ve always been a member of PDP. One thing you need to understand is that there are two sets of people in the party; we have politicians who are partisan politicians and we have politicians who are committed to the party but they are at the background. It is just like what you have in partnership, a dormant partner but he has his contributions to the partnership. From inception of PDP I’ve been a member.

What are your cardinal programmes for Abia?

While we were praying, the Lord told me that the theme for my manifesto shall be called ‘Abia Rejoice’ and based on that we would be able to drive the basic change that will cut across all strata of life that will make the people to rejoice. Every programme mapped out is to make the people rejoice. My manifesto which we shall soon unfold when the time is legally right encompasses all aspects of governance that are people directed and when implemented will turn Abia into one of the most organised and economically viable states in Nigeria. Alphabetically, Abia is the first state in Nigeria and the only ‘God’s own state’. So it shall be in every material particularly in my time.

How close are you to your people?

Extremely close. As at today I’ve doled out scholarships to not less than a thousand deserving students of the state and beyond. I’ve built hospitals; I’ve given electricity to many communities; I’ve given water and, very soon I’m going to commission a 600-capacity auditorium that costs several millions of naira which I built for Abia State University, not only to the people of Abia but to Nigerians in general. I’m one man that likes to touch the lives of people all over, not limiting myself to my community. And I always believe that in every day of my life I should touch a life and make somebody happy or happier than before meeting me. It’s unfortunate that this interview is taking place here in Lagos; I would have shown you some of these things in my hometown. If you are in my hometown I would have shown you the real picture of the past and the present of my community.
Currently, we are building a multi-billion naira project in my village and you know what it means, leaving Lagos, Ogun, Port Harcourt where I have 42 hectares of land and going to my village not considering the cost implication to put up a high vision industrial city together; where we call Masters Energy Industrial City. We have three of them: Masters Energy Industrial City, Masters Energy Agricultural City and Masters Energy City in Port Harcourt.

When you were setting up all these businesses and philanthropic activities, did you have politics at the back of your mind?

Not at all; I’m one person who doesn’t even like my left hand to know what my right hand is doing. I’m a very shy person when it comes to letting people know what the Lord uses me to do. I’m somebody who likes carrying out his developmental projects for the people in a secret way; I don’t like getting myself exposed for people to know what I’m doing.

With politics considered as a dirty game, are you not afraid of soiling the credibility you have built as a businessman?

Politics is not dirty; it depends on how people play politics over here, and i believe that there’s nothing like soiling my integrity because I’ve said it that my pact is with God and if I cannot disappoint the Almighty God, I cannot disappoint man. The issue of integrity is that people should know who you are and what you stand for at all times and you must try to protect it at all times, and that is all. There are people that have ruled this country and they still have their integrity intact.

Business and politics are different because in politics you have followership and democracy is government of the people. What is your followership strength because it’s a matter of numbers?

When you talk about followership, it’s just barely a year that I indicated interest but if you go to Abia today and talk about Uche Ogah or Masters Energy you see that nobody has the number of followership that I have. What is happening in Abia state right now is like what I could call a movement; people are saying it everywhere that we have seen the man that we are looking for, that can deliver the dividends of democracy to the people. Of course you are right that sometimes people talk about interest; but our interest now is the interest of the people which is how do we turn our state around so that the people can benefit. There should be creation of opportunities to generate jobs all over the state. We would revive all the ailing industries and create infrastructure so that our people can come back and invest in Abia. When I take over Abia, there will be no state like it in the entire eastern region because we know what to do –we have the magic wand.

Still on zoning, Governor Theodore Orji is saying he will give the leadership of the state to Abia South. How does this play out with your ambition since you are also a member of the PDP and you are contesting on that platform?

Well, as far as I’m concerned the PDP national leadership has affirmed that there’s nothing like zoning and that a level playing field shall be provided all over the states for contestants. Both the President and the national chairman of the party have said there is no zoning from local councillor to the presidency. The present governor has the capacity –he has a right –but God has the upper hand above everybody and after God, the people. The will of the people is stronger than the army of any nation because once the people say this is what they want, there’s nothing anybody can do about it. For me, equity belongs to God not man. You remember that Senator Abaribe contested against Orji Uzor Kalu and they almost destroyed Abia because of politics. I believe you don’t even need to be in government before you can touch the lives of people. As a small man in the bank I built an ICT centre for the primary school in my village, as an assistant manager, I built quarters for teachers with my personal money. Do I need to be a governor to do all these things? Answer is no. I have electrified most of our communities, yet people in government who are being given several allocations cannot even touch the lives of the people. People are not getting the dividends of democracy from them. Let Abians go and verify what each person has done in private and public sectors of our lives. That is when you’ll know who can deliver when given the opportunity.

Are you saying you are the most qualified to be the next governor of Abia state?
Everybody is qualified but as far as I’m concerned, I see myself as the best candidate that can give what the masses want. Because as a graduate you are qualified, even you are qualified as a secondary school graduate. But when you talk about performance, I’m the man that can turn around the industries in Abia, creating jobs in million folds. From day one when we get into office we are going to create a data bank for employment indices in Abia and as people are employed just like what President Obama does, we will be dishing out statistics of number of Abians that are employed in the system both by the government and the private sector. I want you to understand me, it is not the responsibility of government to employ all the citizens but to create enabling environment for investors to come into the state and get people back to work. What we need in Abia is to turn Abia into investors’ haven.

Who are your backers?

In my life I’ve never entered anything with any human backer. My backer has always been God. When I was in the bank, they said I cannot perform because my father is not a general in the Army but at the end of the day I became one of the best award-winning staff before I left. When I came into oil and gas they said there were cabals in that sector and that I would not succeed; but I did. I don’t need anybody actually as a god father; I only need God the Father. However, God can use human beings with beautiful spirit to enable one achieve his aims and objectives in life. Sometime ago somebody saw Masters Energy in the list of crude oil lifting companies and he called me to say ‘Uche is your father a general in the Nigerian Army?’ And I laughed and answered him that ‘My father is the owner of all the generals in the world’. For me, it’s your good standing with God that matters always. I’m a young man that believes that there’s nothing that is not possible in life. We have a foundation in the state called ‘Abia Needs to Run’ and for Abia to run it needs a technocrat.

Who are your mentors in politics?
One of them is President Goodluck Jonathan –because I can see the hands of God in his life. He’s always looking up to God for everything he wants and he has succeeded in them. He doesn’t take or do things in a do-or-die fashion. And there other people in those days while I was growing up that I admired a lot: people like Mbakwe, our dear governor then –a great man, he had passion for old Imo state. Another great man was Sir Michael Okpara, the former governor of Old Eastern region. The likes of Zik, Awolowo, Tafawa Balewa and Ikemba of Nnewi are worthy mentors. Michael Okpara was a man that was able to develop the entire old eastern region that became the best and the fastest growing economy in the whole world at his time.

What is your assessment of the incumbent governor?
For me, he is a foundation. It is like when you want to build a house in swampy area like Maroko, you need serious sand filling. A lot of people may not see your efforts while sand filling it but you must have done a lot of work during that foundation. I give it to him he has done some works for the people. He has done and is still doing his best for our people. We must support him to complete his term and hands over to a successor successfully.

Politicians now believe that it is the candidate rather than the party that wins elections. What is your take on this?
That’s where I stand. It is the candidate because candidate is the people in democracy which is government of the people for the people by the people. And that is why the party should be able to choose the right and credible candidate. If you choose a wrong candidate the people will revolt and vote for another party with the right candidate. There’s what we call protest votes. And that’s why everything should be done based on level playing ground, based on openness so that the right candidates can emerge in our state. That is key.

What’s your message to Abians?
My message to them is that their time to rejoice has come because there’s a visitation from our God and our time has come in Abia State to rejoice.

What is your greatest fear as a person?
My greatest fear as a person in life has always been fear of failure; I don’t believe in failure. I’ve never failed before and by His grace I will not fail this time around. I believe that with God all things are possible. He alone will strengthen me and with the people’s support and positive action we will enthrone a people-friendly government and Abians will continually rejoice. It is a pact and it is a promise.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/uchechukwu-ogah-i-am-best-suited-to-turn-abia-around/189453/

Nwanne mu kedu ije?

Energito: Chino i see you.

If you were patient enough to read through the newspaper report up there you would not be engaging in this back and forth. It is stated there that PPP is one of the options on the table for consideration. And from every indication that is where the project is tilting to- PPP.

If there is anything Anambra needs most at the moment it is an International Cargo/Passenger Airport. Period!

Dalu

ChimaAdeoye:

Chino, stop putting up all these maps, I know the place better than you.I don't wish to indulge in a fruitless back and forth on this issue. ONE thing you said that i like if it is true is " It will be a PPP funded project" So that it does not tie up funds meant for the development of the entire state. Therefore, I support the building of the airport in that case. I don't know about the convenience of it's location but that is the headache of the PPP consortium investing their money.

I am a core Anaedo person and in business we know sentiment is a loser's strategy . So for example, If you expect Anambra people to buy an inferior and expensive product just because the seller is from their hometown and the other seller of the original and cheaper product is not, then wake up from your slumber for the surprise. Anambra people will not patronize you out of pure sentiment alone. That is why we try our best to beat every competitor's quality and price as a winning business strategy.

So, I tell you solemnly, if we do not beat our competitor's quality and convenience of location in this case, don't expect our people to stop patronizing them purely out of sentiment.

Ekwusigom nkem.