As the 2021 Anambra governorship election approaches, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, has accused Governor Willie Obiano Anambra state of taking the state 20 years backward.
According to The Nation, the minister said the stagnation, depreciation and retrogression are making the people wish the hand of the clock could be turned back.
Ngige accused Obiano of wasting the opportunity given to him after inheriting a ‘virile and robust state resources.’
The minister challenged Governor Obiano to state his achievements, beyond bequeathing a mounting regime of debts to generations unborn.
He said: “This governor has taken Anambra state 20 years backward, making the people wish the hand of the clock could be turned back. The stagnation, depreciation and retrogression are mindboggling. What a wasted opportunity for a governor who inherited virile and robust state resources.
“The eventful era of Ngige has remained a parameter for judging successive administrations in Anambra, going by his unprecedented achievements and quantum of projects executed by his administration in just three years.
“Ngige neither received a formal handover note, nor inherited N75 billion in local and foreign currencies from his predecessor. He inherited Anambra in a state of anomie. Yet, he not only liberated the state, but left it at an enviable height.”
What he said is true. A bad head can make a mess of the good work of his predecessor