The Conference of Enugu Progressive Professionals (CEPPP), a global body of professionals of Enugu State stock has expressed their full support for the candidature of Barr Peter Mbah for Enugu Sate Governorship.
The group insisted that Barr Mbah possesses the wherewithal to give Enugu State high quality leadership.
In a statement signed by its Chairman, Okonkwo J. Igwe and Secretary General Jacobs Egbonwachi, CEPP while thanking Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Enugu citizens in general for choosing Mbah, stated that a cerebral character like Barr Mbah is what Enugu State needs at this critical stage of its development.
The group congratulated the Candidate, affirming their confidence that he is bound to emerge governor.
It however, said the challenges before the business mogul are enormous but expressed confidence that he will hit the ground running, when elected to office.
The two page document read as follows, parts:
“The Conference of Enugu Progressive Professionals therefore, in congratulating you and your running mate sir, Barrister Ifeanyi Ossai, believe very strongly that as a man of impeccable character and sound upbringing, what you are bringing to the table is the kind our great state needs at this critical stage of our development in Africa and the world.
“With the wide range of leadership needs of our people, as ndị Enugu, ndi Igbo, Nigerians and Black Africans, we believe that there is a lot you are going to be doing but do not doubt that you will hit the ground running.
The group however presented a seven point agenda to Dr Mbah which they believe would positively transform Enugu Sate.
“Road development in the rural areas: Enugu people are majorly rural dwellers, with agriculture and trade as our mainstay. Unfortunately, most of the roads in our rural communities are destitute, decrepit and seriously needs attention. We at CEPP believe that a a massive delve into roads and bridges construction across the 17 local governments in the state will quickly launch our state into the future,
“Being a farming people from ancestry, our people live agriculture by default and would usually succeed most as farmers, and traders of farm products.
It is therefore imperative that governments that desire the progress of the state and its people must focus on this field.
“Scarcity of water has become a very embarrassing situation in Enugu State. A few years back, Enugu State has been one of the few states in the country said to lack water, where its people have contacted water- related diseases. In Enugu East zone to be precise, a large number of people were hospitalised in Nkerefi in Nkanu East LGA and Ezza Nkwubo, Enugu East LGA due to guinea worm.
“We have read in the news reports with gladness in our hearts, that some of the critical areas in your programme is the mining sector, we therefore will not dwell much in this.
“Modern, Tech-based leadership-Every leader of the modern world must run a tech-based government in order not just to succeed but also to make explosive impacts across the globe.
“Enugu State can be a reserve for some of the finest breeds of wildlife in this part of the world given our conducive geography. To achieve these and more we appeal for an administration defined by private-public partnerships driven by people oriented policies.
“We, at CEPP believe that Enugu State can become self-sustaining with an idea-driven leader like you, and we are convinced that if you take steps in the fields we enumerated, a lot can be achieved.” The group stressed.
