The Ebonyi State Commisioner for Information and State Orientation, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, has described All Progressives Congress,(APC) as a party of zero ideas, zero initiative, zero feasible policies, and zero programmes.
Onwe stated this in a media chat with journalists on Wednesday when enumerating the achievements of the Ebonyi State Governor Engr David Umahi, which has simultaneously neutered the opposition thereby rendering them “speechless, thoughtless, rudderless, witless and therefore directionless, and challenged the APC, SDP, APGA and other political parties in power to show their achievement and capabilities.”
He maintained that the Governor has methodically, constructed the physical characteristics of Ebonyi state and the mental constitution and self-assessment of its people.
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”In the glass crucible of leadership, Ebonyi Governor stands out because it has no alibi.
“Governor Umahi is a political heavyweight champion who is not only fully prepared for the contest but have been standing in the ring for well over two years now, raring to go but no opponent.
As at today, workers in Ebonyi State have since been paid their june salaries and they are fully optimistic that their July salaries will be in their individual bank accounts within the next 10 days and this is happening at a time when many other states are in total paralysis over the FAAC impasse, deploying the allocation crisis as an alibi not to pay the workers their june salaries in their respective states.
“Every boxing match is won the moment the boxer steps into the ring. This is a pugilist aphorism which captures the state of affairs in Ebonyi political contest at the present time. None presented by the APC, none by the SDP, none by APGA, none by any political party of any note. They have never rallied, campaigned to any extent that attracted anybody’s attention, they have never shown that they have the capacity to mobilise the citizens in either large or small setting, they have not empowered anyone, they have not encouraged any citizens to be productive either through their words or deeds, they are bereft of policies and have not proposed any agenda or initiatives for taking Ebonyi from its current elevated position to the stratosphere where clearly Gov Umahi is aiming. APC in particular is a party of zero ideas, zero initiative, zero feasible policies, zero programmes, the confusion and indolence are quite staggering”
He called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take note, stressing that there will not be any magic beyond the democratic will of the people of Ebonyi State.
“People are the referees, they have been in the ring with the Governor for the past three years and they have seen his state of preparedness, they have witnessed him build roads, build bridges, build schools and equip classrooms, build hospitals, install street lights, empower widows, women and the youth to build their capacities for self reliance, take the lead in Agriculture in all its department but with particular emphasis on rice Production.
“They have seen him show extra ordinary prudence and tackled corruption, profligacy and wastages to a standstill thereby securing the limited resources accruable to the state. He shall go into the second tenure practically unopposed.”
However, Onwe, urged Ebonyians to be vigilant during the knockout of opposition come 2019 gubernatorial election.
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