Ngige, enough of this nonsense!

Peter Obi government in Anambra state has handed a serious warning to Dr. Chris Ngige, former governor of the state, over what it called his shameless activities in the state. (Picture left shows Ngige).

The text of the release by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication, Mr. Chuks Iloegbunam reads:

“The Anambra State Government takes exception to the meddlesome attitude of Dr. Chris Ngige in the matter of projects being carried out by the Peter Obi administration.

Each time Governor Obi registers an achievement, Dr. Ngige will claim that it is his. There are several examples to give. When this administration secured accreditation for the Onitsha General Hospital, Ngige rushed to the media to claim credit. He similarly claimed the dualisation of the Zik’s Avenue, Awka, a Peter Obi feat. He claimed the construction of the new Anambra state Secretariat and its fencing, even though the structure remains unfenced to this day. When last month, Governor Obi handed over some schools back to their former missionary owners, Ngige claimed that it was his idea. He forgot that he left no handover notes in his hurry to flee Awka after the courts nullified his “governorship” of Anambra state .

Only this morning, Dr. Ngige besieged the Unizik Temporary Site junction, where Governor Peter Obi is constructing a flyover, to put a stop to all the accidents happening as a result of pedestrians crossing the Enugu-Onitsha expressway at ground level. Cheered by some hired urchins he went through the motions of “teaching” the contractor how to do the job, brandishing some pieces of paper and setting off a massive traffic jam.

Dr Ngige is not the only one who has run the affairs of a Nigerian state, whether legally or illegally. Why he goes about meddling in the work of a constitutionally elected Governor Obi beats our imagination. He is warned to desist and cease. The politics of old which landed the country in a mess no longer has a place in today’s Nigeria. There is hardly any justification for desperation politics.”