Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, Ifeatu Obi-Okoli has described achievements of Governor Chukwuma Soludo led administration as credible and unprecedented.
He said Soludo, in less than two years of his government, had done as much as what his predecessors did in eight years.
Obi-Okoli, a lawyer and former chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, revealed that Soludo had constructed over 400 kilometre roads in less than 16months.
He further scored Soludo high in areas of human capital development, youth empowerment, education and healthcare, which he said had been serious threat to the opposition in the state.
He said, “When you talk about road construction, how many kilometres of good roads, in less than two years, Mr Governor’s profile has been incredible.
“I’ve been through the system right from Ngige regime and one can seriously say by fair comparison, the performances of previous administrations, including the last, have been credible.
“In all fairness, Governor Soludo, in less than two years, has done as much as what his predecessors did in 8 years.
“When you talk about road construction, how many kilometres of good roads that have been put on, in 16 months, the governor has been able to put on over 400 kilometres of roads.
“Ngige regime of three and half years, which I was part of, put up 685 kilometres within three and half years. Peter Obi’s regime, capped it all.
“If you come to initiatives of the current regime, talk about human capital development, you know before now, it has always been make me SA, SSA. But Soludo came with a new brand.
“We’ll rather ensure people were gainfully employed. Teach them trades with take off grants. With this, you have a permanent means of livelihood than depending on stipends that come from the appointments.
“This we demonstrated few days ago at the International Convention Centre (ICC). The first batch graduates were empowered with N2billion as take off grants.
“So people are going into different backgrounds, depending on the area of training, photography, animal husbandry, tailoring, etc. This to me is an innovation in the developmental process. It’s never been like this.
“In healthcare, for the first time we had that women can go to hospital, carry out their pro and post antinetal free of charge. This had never happened.
“I had that last during Jakande regime in Lagos State. Ikpeazu tried something funny but it wasn’t quite concretized. All these achievements in less than two years, come with its pressure and the oppositions are naturally bound to be threatened.”
