Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha has declared that he desires to vie
for the presidency of this country going by his achievements in the
state under three years, saying he has all it takes to make the best
president the country would want to have.
Boasting that he is sure to fetch victory for the All Progressives
Congress (APC) if given the party’s ticket to run, the governor
dismissed the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as an embodiment of
unprogressive minds who have taken the country several years backward
in growth because of poverty of visions.
“I am considering taking a shot at the presidency because the pressure
is too high and I believe I have the capacity to transform our country
for the better”, he said.
The governor who spoke while interacting with newsmen at the Government
House, Owerri, gave a graphic picture of allocations to some states of
the federation from the federation account in the past three years.
He said only N179 billion had so far accrued to the state in sharp
contrast to intimidating and unbelievable figures that accrued to such
states as Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta and Lagos States, adding that over 60
-70 per cent of the allocation to Imo went into recurrent expenditure.
Okorocha, who brandished the score card of his administration, insisted
that he had through effective and judicious utilisation of lean
resources salvaged the state from its previous state of abyss.
He listed some of his achievements to include: massive construction of
roads, general hospitals, schools, free education, regular payment of
pensions and gratuities, construction an international convention centre
(ICC), employment generation, revival of ailing industries, and
enhancement of monthly allocation to the Imo State University.
He dismissed allegations of non adherence to due process by his
administration in the award of contracts and urged indigenes of the
state to shun unwarranted criticism against his administration to enable
him to move the state forward.
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