Obiano’s second term a disaster; Soludo shouldn’t repeat his mistakes: Anambra lawmaker
Anambra lawmaker Timothy Ifedioranma has warned newly sworn in Governor Charles Soludo not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor, Willie Obiano, describing his second term in office as a disaster.
“Governance is about the welfare and security of people. Obiano began well during his first tenure in the aspect of security but he ended poorly and somebody has to say it. If he (Mr Obiano) had ended his administration in the first tenure, I would have scored his performance 80 per cent but his last tenure was a disaster,” explained Mr Ifedioranma. “So many other sectors suffered because he was pursuing his legacy projects. So, I need to tell him the feelings of my constituents as an elected member of the state assembly.”
He added, “My advise to the incoming governor, Prof. Soludo, is that he should not make the same mistakes his predecessor made so that at the end of his tenure, he will be remembered for good.”
Mr Ifedioranma, representing Njikoka Constituency I, on the platform of All Progressives Congress in the Anambra State House of Assembly, made the call while assessing the performance of the administration of Mr Obiano, on Thursday in Awka.
Mr Soludo, on Thursday, took the oath of office as the sixth executive governor of Anambra.
The lawmaker said Mr Obiano had good intentions but the actions behind the good intentions were not properly carried out. He lamented that Mr Obiano’s legacy projects were carried out at the expense of other sectors.
“We are grateful for the international airport. It has made travling easy for residents but the fact is that the airport project crippled other sectors of the economy and state. An example is the state of our roads. They are in bad shape,” the Anambra lawmaker pointed out. “Now we have an airport but we do not have a road to that airport. Another one is that we can have an international convention centre that is not of that magnitude and that will not gulp close to N10 billion. We can have 5,000 instead of the 10,000 seating capacity that was built, so that the funds can be channeled to other important projects.”
(NAN)
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