Imo Was A Laughing Stock Under Okorocha – Uzodinma

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By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri

The candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma has
said that people of the state were mocked in several quarters across the
country before he emerged to stop the son-in-law of the governor from
becoming the governorship candidate of the party in the state.

Speaking
during the official unveiling of his manifesto in Owerri, Senator
Uzodinma stated that it was regrettable that the fortunes of the state
were controlled only by one man who pocketed everything and went further
to attempt producing the husband of the first daughter as successor.

According
to Uzodinma “Imo people were mocked. We were a laughing stock in Abuja
where those who knew Okorocha’s plans laughed at us that there are no
men in the state to stop the father to son-in-law transition.

Speaking
on his programme for the state, Uzodinma, who tagged the manifesto as
“A 5-Point blue print for Imo Economic Survival” assured Imo citizens of
a better livelihood based on human and capital oriented programmes.

Sympathising
with the people the state on the level of hardship and alleged
dehumanization which he said the Okorocha government bequeathed to the
people, Uzodinma recalled that the state was far better before 2011 but
became difficult when the present government introduced stringent
administrative policies.

He promised to put in place a civil
service structure that will be workers-friendly, adding that there will
be prompt payment of salaries, pensions and other statutory obligations.

Emphasising
adherence to rule of law, procedures and constitutional guidelines, the
APC candidate averred that the role of government was to cater for the
welfare of her citizens, and not to send them to their early graves,
according to him, as witnessed in the past eight years.

Senator
Uzodinma also revealed his plans of establishing an Imo State Education
Opportunity Programme (ISEOP), where the state will be transformed into
an academic driven economy, as well as accelerating development through
manpower development.

“We shall restore Imo state as the nation’s
leading center of knowledge and enterprise. For a highly functional and
qualitative educational system, our new educational architecture shall
focus on science and technology in line with modern digital learning
ecosystem of the 21st century”, Uzodinma.

He further promised to
produce a new generation of creative enterprising graduates equipped for
immediate past school employment and self-reliance.

Commenting
on health sector, the guber hopeful promised to enhance primary and
secondary health care, pointing out that within the first two years of
his administration, they would here attained a 75% Health For All
(HEFA), covering the 27 LGAs.

Uzodinma promised to recruit over
850 community health workers to strengthen existing primary health care
work force in the state. “In collaboration with a duly elected local
government council, we shall rehabilitate, renovate and equip all the
dilapidated community health centers in the 305 wards of the state,
within the first year in office”, he said.

He opined that the Imo
economy, which he described as ‘degraded’, would bounce back within six
months of his assumption of office.

Source:- Orientaldailies

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