Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi is expected to undergo the presidential candidacy screening of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

In a release signed by the governor's Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi people are sure that the grandmaster of infrastructural development, would use the exercise as the launchpad of notching the party's presidential ticket in its upcoming primaries.

Nweze said in the release that Umahi would be brandishing before the committee, his academic testimonials that glamorously qualify him to vie for the number one position in the country.

"It will as well give him an edge over his contemporaries both in the primaries and the general elections proper.

"The governor would have the opportunity of informing the committee, APC members and Nigerians, how he would replicate his magical transformation of Ebonyi across the federation if elected president in 2023"

He recalled in the release, that Umahi within seven years as the governor of the state was able to turn around the face of Abakaliki and virtually all the 13 Local Government Areas of the State.

"Within the period under review, he constructed over 17 long span-twin flyovers in several parts of the state and constructed thousands of kilometres of roads on eight-inches concrete pavement.

"He also constructed from the scratch, the newly commissioned King David University of Medical Sciences Uburu, the biggest international shopping mall, the Christian Ecumenical Centre Abakaliki and the Margaret Umahi International Market.

"The other legacy projects executed by the governor include the industrial clusters, one in each of the three senatorial zones of the state and the school of nursing and midwifery Uburu.

"The ongoing construction of the Ebonyi International Airport, the newly commissioned, biggest Executive Council chambers, the new Government House complex as well as the ongoing construction of the 199 kilometers of the Ebonyi ring road project.

Nwaze said in the release that it was
hoped that Umahi would scale through the screening and ultimately win the primaries.

"He will ultimately win the general elections to enable him to bring to bear his vast acumen in tackling Nigeria's myriads of challenges, especially his engineering midas on the infrastructural sector.

Good for him

Great guy

We wish him well