I will turn Anambra State into a Paradise, Ozigbo assures Lagos residents

By Okechukwu Onuegbu

A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant, Mr Ventine Ozigbo, has assured the people of Anambra State residing at Lagos state that his administration would the state into a ‘paradise’ if triumph at the November 6 poll.

Ozigbo, who stated this on Saturday during an interactive session with prominent Anambra indigenes, explained that the state “can be a paradise if we have the right people leading our state. We have compressed my Ka Anambra Chawapu agenda into this comprehensive document.”

The immediate Past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, presented a-36 pages campaign manifesto which according to him, "covers our plan for youth and women. It covers our plan to fix our healthcare system, our schools, revive our economy, and make Anambra the continent's pride.

“It covers our strategy to provide security to our people, to create an enabling environment for our businesses to thrive. It covers our agenda to revolutionise statecraft in our state. We have put together an ambitious plan, and we called it Project Chawapu. It covers every aspect of governance, and if given a chance, we will surpass our promises to Ndi Anambra.”

He said he decided to run for governor because he was uncomfortable with the status quo given the abundance of human capital, talent, and resources that Anambra has “we are still talking about providing basic infrastructure and social services for our people. These should have been forgotten problems by now. We are supposed to be an exemplary state in terms of good governance and leadership. I am in the race for governorship to change the story of Anambra for good.”

“When I decided to go on this quest to serve, I made a promise to the Almighty God that if he favoured me with victory, I would run an all-inclusive government which thinks of the people all the time, listened to the people all the time, and serves the people all the time. This is just another step in the journey of engaging the people to make sure that the issues that matter to Ndi Anambra are the front-burner issues for my administration," he said.

According to him, the decision to host the town hall events across the country was to deliberately widen the scope of his consultations and carry along all Ndi Anambra, irrespective of state or city of residence, in his quest to govern.

The 2nd leg of the Lagos event holds at Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos on Sunday March 21, 2021. Similar town hall meetings have been slated for Monday and Wednesday in Abuja on March 22 and in Enugu on March 24, respectively.


Some of the dignitaries in attendance including Mr Tobe Okigbo, Chief Chike Chikelu and Chief Tony Iju reposed confidence on Ozigbo, who according to them have the capacity and good manifesto to deliver Anambra state.

Other notable sons and daughters of Anambra in attendance were Chief Okey Ezeibe (Omelora), Anselm Orazulike, who was a top shot at FSB International Plc (now Fidelity Bank Plc); Ikem Ume-Ezeoke, the chair of the event's planning committee; Chief Jerry Nwanoneze (Onowu Lilu); Chief Benji Uba (Ozonma); Chief Mike Umeh (Udemba Amichi); Chief Ven Onwughalu; Chief Charles Onyido; Chief Ethel Uzoeto (Ohamadike Azia); and many others.

Directors of his campaign organisation who accompanied Ozigbo included Rt Hon Eucharia Azodo (first woman Speaker in Nigeria), Chief Tony Offiah (Akajiugo Uga), Ejike Oguebego (former State Chairman) and Dr Ejike Nwene.

Other members of the planning committee include Chief Jude Ochili (Ikemba Ojoto), Mrs Ogechi Okafor, Mrs Beatrice Eneh, Mrs Lois Nwana, Adaobi Nwakuche, Elonna Aguh, Commanda Chukwuneke, Dr Ifeoma Atoh, Chuks Ozigbo, Mr Clem Nwana, and Aziza Uko, who is Director of Media and Communications of the VCO Organisation.

That is good, at least, we will have a paradise in the east that will hold the Easterners back.

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