from CHUKS ONUOHA, Umuahia

The governorship candidate of the action congress of Nigeria(ACN) in Imo state, senator Ifeanyi Araraume, say his main reason for seeking to govern Imo was to continue from Dr ikedi Ohakim’s achievement. He said that Dr Ikedi Ohakim has done so much for Imo people in all sectors, most especially in the area’s of infrastructure and education.
He said that he has watched the happenings in the state and concluded that it will be difficult to win the incumbent governor because of his remarkable and outstanding achievement in Imo state and majority of the population has his support despite all false allegations levelled against his governmental style. Dr Ikedi Ohakim has achieved what took his predecessor 8years to achieve under 3-4years.
He said that….”a perfect governor is not a governor who is relaxed but a governor who stands in the moment of challenges”…and that is one of my reasons for campaigning. He said that this is a really good opportunity to challenge him (Dr Ikedi Ohakim) despite his achievements.
“I intend not only to continue from Ohakim’s wonderful achievement but also to try and empower the masses through the supply of: motorcycle’s, buses and other wonderful means of transportation”.
He said that “the ACN manifesto has free education which frankly wouldn’t be easy to achieve in this present economic situation…
He explained that there had being massive turn-around in terms of capacity building and empowerment of people which are especially youths through: Ohakim4Youths,Imo Job Centre, 27 lucky youths to FIFA world cup in south Africa. In addition, hundreds of kilometres of rural roads have been paved by the imo Road maintenance Agency, IROMA, now being reorganized for better efficiency. He also said that Today, the courts have been facilitated with cars, high-capacity generators, internet and other vital tools.

Ararume, a two time senator from Okigwe zone, said he understands the terrain and that as a son, he is determined to replicate the wonderful achievement of Dr Ikedi Ohakim to Imo State.
He called for massive vote for his party and that voters must ensure that they remain at their polling booths to see that their votes are counted before leaving for home because this time around, every vote must count because he doesn’t want what happening during 1999 were elections then was rigged to repeat itself again.