AWKA—Former Press Secretary to the Head of State
during the military regime of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo and Utokoneze of Achalla Kingdom,
Anambra State, Igwe Alex Nwokedi, has challenged
the Federal Government to fix public utilities in the
South East of the country and see if it would not get
the best of Igbo people.
He made this challenge during an exclusive interview
with Vanguard, shortly after landing in Lagos,
yesterday. He said those who said the
marginalisation of Igbo land was not a fact were
only pretending, adding that Igbo people would think
well of Nigeria and as Nigerians the moment they
begin to see that they are given equal share of
development.
The monarch, who is also a former Chairman,
Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers,
appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a
move toward bringing development to the South
East, intervene by ensuring that local government
elections are held in Anambra and other states of
the South East because, according to him, the best
way to develop any nation is to start development
from the grassroots.
“We want to say that infrastructure in South East is
very poor. Enugu-Awka-Onitsha road is now a death
trap," he said.
It is a disgrace to call it an expressway where now
drive and have your back aching. Most important
thing now is to ensure that public utilities are fixed.
“Abolition of toll gate was a big mistake. It should be
reintroduced and not only to be reintroduced but
also to build new roads and maintain existing roads
from the money realised from it. We are therefore
challenging the Federal Government to show its
presence in the South East area and see whether
there won’t be peace. All of us in Igbo Land have no
option than to support the government of Buhari to
succeed. It is in our interest to do so,” he said.


www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/nwokedi-challenges-fg-on-devt-of-s-east/

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