Anambra: Obi’s has a deportation story — Igbokwe on october 25, 2013 at 12:05 am in politics Lagos APC spokesman, Mr. Joe Igbokwe in this interview reflects on the party’s chances and candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State. Excerpts IN what way has the deportation saga affected the APC campaign? A sound and patriotic policy not targeted at any particular ethnic group just to make Lagos liveable, clean and decent has been grabbed by ethnic chance takers and miserable politicians to score cheap and dangerous political points. The plan of these political nitwits and dwarfs is to use the so-called deportation to bring Ngige to their level. These clowns know that they are not in the same political page with the former governor, Senator Chris Ngige and therefore their devilish plan is to beat down Ngige from his towering height to their miserable level by engaging in primordial sentiments and ethnic pre-occupation. It has failed and it will remain so. It is dangerous politics that may rock the boat and put to danger the cordial and well-respected relationship between Igbo and Yoruba that dates back to 1970, if not properly handled. The chance takers and peddlers of misinformation will fail. In 2011 Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State deported 29 Akwa-Ibom State and Ebonyi State indigenes on the pretext that they were begging in Awka and Onitsha and heaven did not fall. About the same time Governor Orji of Abia State sacked over 3,000 indigenes of Anambra, Imo, Enugu, and Ebonyi States from the Abia Civil Service and sentenced tens of thousands of Igbo men and their families to untimely death, eternal poverty and degradation, yet heaven did not fall. As at today, Lagos still hosts more Anambra people than Anambra State. Anambra people generate more wealth in Lagos than in Anambra so who loses in the devilish plot to use 14 destitute victims of poor, timid and rural governance in Anambra, who were chased into Lagos to live under the bridges for primitive politics in the end? But, as I said, the Igboman is not foolish and will like to know why a government feels its citizens are better off living as destitutes under the bridges of Lagos than in their home state. Was the APC rally held on ofala day not a political miscalculation? That, again is another dangerous politics to reduce the towering image of Senator Ngige. If reality is to prevail, Ngige Campaign organization had extensive discussion with the palace Secretary on the matter and the campaign organization was asked to go on since the Ofala festival in Onitsha is always conducted without asking people to close shops or markets because Onitsha people are civilized people who practise their well-respected tradition with grace, respect and profound dignity. Unfortunately by the time the campaign organization was talking to the Palace Secretary our own HRH Igwe (Dr) Alfred Achebe was in retreat (the normal tradition before the Ofala Festival) I am sure the palace Secretary did not get the nod of His Royal Highness before he asked the campaign organization to go on. This is the mistake. Senator Ngige is a traditionalist who understands Onitsha tradition very well, and he could not have ignored the highly revered Obi of Onitsha. Beyond all these, however, it speaks of the depths and the height of depravity some people have taken Anambra politics to, for them to believe that such issues, and not the general welfare of the people will count in the coming election. Intricacies and conspiracies They will be in for a shocker at the end of the day because the common masses who know the intricacies and conspiracies between the present APGA government and the PDP federal government which wants to sell APGA as a knockdown carcass to the PDP federal government. How are you addressing the issue of power shift agitation to Anambra North? In Anambra State we do not believe in the doctrine of power shift because we do not celebrate mediocrity. Only the best is good enough for Ndi Anambra, Ndigbo and Nigeria. Four years is too much for a vibrant and a very important state to lose in the name of zoning. In Anambra State we believe that if need be to form a football team for the state, only the best is good enough. If eleven players come from Nnewi North, so be it. Zoning breeds incompetence, mediocrity, and backwardness in governance. You fall back to such compromise considerations when you have failed in governance. When Dr Chris Ngige was governor between 2003 and 2006, every corner in Anambra felt his impact. He didn’t need to appeal to primitive sectionalism that breeds such factors as zoning to leverage his tremendous transformative powers in all nooks and crannies of Anambra. Can you briefly give an insight into what he has in stock for Anambra people? The taste of the pudding is in the taste. Anambra has tasted the Ngige pudding and needs no other factor to know he remains the best among the lots. Senator Ngige is coming back to reposition and retool Anambra State. Insecurity in a cash-driven state like Anambra is the biggest problem. Ngige will bring security to Anambra State the way he did it before. Our people must travel home to enjoy their mansions without being harassed by kidnappers, armed robbers and petty thieves. What makes you feel that Senator Ngige is better than others? A good product sells itself. Ngige opened the eyes of Anambra people to know that governance goes beyond paying salaries and pensions. Ngige revolutionalized road construction in Anambra. Ngige proved beyond reasonable doubt that leadership goes with responsibility in Anambra State. Ngige proved that leadership is not measured by might. Ngige does not believe in wealth without work, Ngige believes that a government must be responsible and responsive. Ngige is a super brand. It is also important to know that the capacities of other candidates put together cannot be equal to the capacity of Senator Chris Ngige.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:58:03 +0000
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