Traders in Anambra state have endorsed incumbent Governor Peter Obi for a second tenure in office.The traders who made their stand known during their tour of some projects executed by Obi administration across the state, called on stakeholders to put the collective interest of the state beyond self interest.
Speaking on behalf of the traders, the Chairman Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association, Chief Okwudiri Ezenwankwo said there was no vacancy in state governorship position in 2010 as, according to him, Governor Obi had performed outstandingly such that he should be given a fresh mandate to complete his vision of transforming the state to model. Ezenwankwo expressed gratitude to the Governor for restoring peace in the various markets and putting in democratically elected market leadership. He assured that traders would give another hundred percent support in future election as they did in 2003.
Vice Chairman of the Association, Chief Gozie Akudoro, who described Governor Obi as a humble and visionary leader, noted that he has given leadership a human face and carried everybody along in the manipulation of his policies and programs.
Responding, governor Obi assured that his administration will not relent in the present efforts to restore the commercial glory of the state and called for collective efforts to attract back businesses, strengthen the economy and empower the people to upgrade their standard of living.
Earlier, Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Mobilization, Stephen Okeke, said the tour afforded the traders the opportunity to see things for themselves for proper and objective evaluation and assessment.
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from mazi emeka okeke.awka.
it is sad that our governor who started tarring our roads in 2007 after claiming that london has many untarred roads, will now form the habit of assembling groups ,elders, traders, clo, women, to tour his projects and thereafter offer them huge sums of money as inconvenience allowance at the end of the tour and yet telling them that neither the tour nor the money were meant for 2010 campaign.he gave ezeife-led elders a total of 18m naira.he gave clo leaders who came from lagos over 8m naira.he gave the traders 2m naira.all our money which ought to be used to develop our state. i am the more sad that the same governor will boast as his achievements that he saved over 12billion naira for us in the 2008 fiscal year.yet our state has no pipeborne water. no refuse has been removed in the past 4 weeks.consultants working in our general hospitals are leaving.teachers are complaining.i weep for anambra.yet people still go on the tours of his projects without any body being told how much each projects costs the government. at the end of each tour, they are assembled and given cash. how i wish that the kidnappers will direct their attention to any such group or persons.i have also seen the petition by one intersociety which appears to have een sponsore by our governor.while i agree that ngige stole the mandate,i do not know if the intersociety have a grudge that is pertsonal against ngige.if not, then the petition must hav been sponsoserd by our governor.but they should not bother about ngige,because anambra needs a fresh break from the current politics and that of the past.we need a new face.
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