Aba, Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association,
NBA, Aba branch, Sir Chidozie Ogunji,
has said if Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
could fulfil his promise of renewal of
infrastructure and boost trade and
commerce in Aba to get the city working again, he would discover that
resources from Aba could run Abia
State effectively without relying on
federal allocations. In a chat with Vanguard in Aba, Ogunji
posited that if Aba was fixed, the city
had the potentials to generate huge
Internally Generated Revenue which
would be far in excess of federal
allocations, stressing that the governor must plug revenue
leakages. He said: “I think the governor has
started on a good note by his efforts
to rehabilitate roads and open some of
these areas. He can change the face of
Aba and make sure that touts are
pushed out and ensure that infrastructure is working well and turn
Aba into a mega city. Investors will
come and businesses will begin to
thrive in the city. ‘’Again, the problem of illegal revenue
agents and touting should be given a
serious attention because most of
these revenues they collect end up in
private pockets. He must make haste to block revenue
leakages to get funds for development
purposes.” He urged the governor to cut the high
cost of government in the state by not
recycling some names who have
refused to engage themselves in any
other work than relying on
government as well as scrapping Ministries, Department and Agencies,
MDAs, with similar functions. The NBA chairman also lamented that
the courts had been on strike and
called on the governor to ensure the
problems was resolved. “It is an infringement on the rights of
the people to have the courts shut
down. Governor Ikpeazu should do
everything within his means to ensure
that the courts are opened.”
http://igberetv.com/fix-aba-you-wont-need-federal-allocations-nba-chairman-tells-ikpeazu/

True

We set d pace for apc governors to follow

What he said implies to other states.

Ok.

The fixing should also include electricity