Abia State News Special Report
100 DAYS: IKPEAZU CELEBRATING ABANDONED PROJECTS, NON-PAYMENT OF WORKERS' SALARIES, PENSIONS, SAYS APGA
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Afnews Editor
Aug 31, 2019
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia State, has
lambasted Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on the first 100 days of his second tenure
accusing his government of celebrating backwardness and obvious failures of its
first tenure that include projects abandonment, non-payment of workers
emoluments and accumulated pension arrears.
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The party in a statement signed by its publicity, Ebere Uzoukwa, literally took the governor to the cleaners as it chronicled some of his failures to include "the abandoned Osisioma Fly-Over, a conduit pipe with which the governor and his surrogates have so far used to siphon about 5 Billion Naira from the treasury of Abia State, the destruction rather than construction of Obikabia-Umuobiakwa-Ururuka Road (the road leading to the governor's house/village), the invisible Enyimba Economic City, the non-existent Abia Shoe Factory and the destroyed but abandoned Abiriba-Nkporo road.
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Also enlisted as Ikpeazu's sins are "the 8-Month Salary
Arrears owe to Secondary School Teachers, the16-Month Salary Arrears owe to
Abia Workers, the 30-Month Arrears owe to Abia Pensioners, Contracts Inflation,
Money Laundering and the neglect of the Ukwa East and Ukwa West LGAs as well as
the oil producing communities of Abia State".
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While describing Abia as the least developed state in the
country, the party further described the situation as 'disheartening'
especially when governors of some neighboring states in the South East
particularly Ebonyi and Enugu state are consolidating gainfully numerous
achievements recorded during their first term in office.
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"It is disheartening that while states in South East
like Ebonyi, Enugu and their governors consolidate on their laudable
achievements and progress made during their first tenure on the occasion of
first 100 days of their second tenure, Abians are languishing in darkness and
backwardness under the visionless PDP government led by Okezie Ikpeazu. There
is no gainsaying that Abia is rated the worst state in terms of good governance
and the least developed state in Nigeria", the party posited.
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Abia APGA also condemned the silence of some elders in the
state as the PDP led government furthers in plunging the God's Own Own in the
mud.
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This is also as the party commends Bishop Lucius Ugorji of
the Catholic Dioceses of Umuahia for speaking truth to power and the mind of
the groaning Abians on the state of decayed infrastructure plaguing the state.
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"The Abia situation is ostensibly worsened given the
conspiracy of silence by some elders who unpatriotically choose to maintain
sealed lips apparently to curry and sustain certain economic and personal
inducements from the government at the detriment of development and progress of
our dear state.
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However, we must commend the Bishop of Umuahia Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, who recently at Mater Dei Cathedral and during a special thanksgiving by the government to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the creation of Abia State, lambasted the governor over the huge infrastructure deficit plaguing the state.
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Bishop Ugorji reminded them the need to pay workers and teachers 'promptly and as at when due' in order to motivate them to give their best. We sincerely thank the Bishop for speaking truth to power and the mind of Ndi Abia at this moment sycophancy and praise-singing have taken the center-stage and the golden place of good governance in Abia", the party said.
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While reiterating its earlier position that Gov. Ikpeazu was
foisted on Abians via electoral manipulations to do the biddings of the
immediate past governor and his family, Abia APGA also expressed optimism of
hope for a better Abia, positing that its Governorship candidate in the 2019
election, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has vowed not to relent until the state is
liberated.
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"It is unfortunate that Ikpeazu's failures have given
credence to our earlier position that the governor was never prepared for
governance but was hurriedly packaged as a stooge by the immediate past
governor and his family.
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This unfortunate situation, however, does not dismiss our
hope for a better Abia. The resilience of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR to fight and
ensure holistic liberation of Abia State is rather restoring hope in a state of
hopelessness we found ourselves.
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We therefore call upon all well meaning Abians to remain
steadfast and pray fervently for Dr. Otti, the 2019 Governorship candidate of
our dear party, as he undertakes all necessary steps within the confine of the
Law to ensuring that justice prevails over the sham that returned Ikpeazu back
to government house", the statement concludes.
