Maduako Igbokwe l Monday, September 27, 2021
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – Mr Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Anambra has described the retarded development and lack of infrastructure in Anyamelum Local Government Area, Anambra as heartrending and unacceptable.
Ozigbo said this during his campaign tour to the area ahead of the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anaku on Saturday. He said he was moved to tears on his way to the area because of the lack of access road in despite its critical importance as the food basket of Anambra.
He said public infrastructure had collapsed across the state and that no part of it was marginalized. “The situation in Anyamelum is heartrending, marginalisation is not just for our people here, every part of Anambra is marginalised, public infrastructure has collapsed, no roads, no security, community strife everywhere, government has been abandoned.
” Omambala area is critical to us being the food basket of the state, we shall address these deficits and give you access to the market for your produce, that will be a major component of our government when we come on board.
“I have come to tell you that there is hope, there is a better future awaiting us, all we need now is a leader that is people oriented, compassionate and capacity to work. You have shown me love in the past, do it again and we shall reciprocate,” he said.
Ozigbo urged the people of the area to continually pray for his mandate, be ambassadors of PDP, cast their votes and protect their votes on election day.
Also speaking, Chief Gabriel Onyenweife, a former lawmaker representing the constituency said the area had been cut off from Anambra civilisation as they lacked hospital, electricity, water and access road. Onyenweife said though the speaker of the State House of Assembly was from Anyamelum, the area had not had any developmental project in the last seven years of the present All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) led government.
“Since the beginning of this democracy in 1999, PDP is the government that Anyamelum people have benefitted from, all the projects here were done by PDP, APGA has not done anything for us.
“The first road flagged up here is Omo-Umumbo road and eight years after it has not been done more than two kilometres, it is now abandoned,” he said.
On his part, Mr Oseloka Obaze, candidate of PDP in 2017 governorship election in Anambra said himself and his deputy were solidly behind the PDP candidate and that they should extend the support they enjoyed to him.
Obaze who commended the people of Anyamelum for always supporting the party, said they had come to reiterated their promises of 2017 which were not delivered because of how the poll turned out. Ozigbo and his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo were received by the leadership of PDP in the local government and a crowd of party faithful.
