Anambra State’s true resources not being tapped - Ubah

By O’star Eze

Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah (CON), representing Anambra South Senatorial zone has decried the rate at which the most valuable resource of Ndi Anambra, namely, her human resource, is being under utilized by the present state government.

Reacting to the recent raid and arrest of suspected internet fraudsters in the state by his security architecture in Nnewi, Senator Ubah blamed the inefficiency of Governor Soludo’s policies to combat youth unemployment, under employment and restiveness.

He described the One Youth Two Skills project by the Soludo administration as laughable while daring him to present one youth who has been truly empowered by the programme since its inception.

Ubah maintained that the government still does not appreciate the Human Resource the state is blessed with, and has not made harnessing it a priority. He blamed this for the high rate of fast free fraud incidences and japa tendencies of the state’s teeming population.

Ubah expressed utter disappointment at the underperformance of the Professor in his two years in office as governor, especially in the areas of keeping his promise of empowering the youths politically by holding local government elections as well as exposing them to real economic exploits.

In his words;
“What does it take to take our youths in large batches to developed countries on trainings and equipping them with the wherewithal to start contributing meaningfully to the ANAMBRA economy, instead of this charade called One Youth Two Skills?

“You promised Ndi Anambra that you would conduct local government elections as soon as you are elected, so that the people can be empowered politically and dividends of democracy can get to every nook and cranny of the state but till now, you have continued to dance around that promise even as your tenure is almost over.”

Senator Ubah, however, described the election of Professor Soludo as a divine arrangement as it would have been impossible to prove to Ndi Anambra that the good prof lacks the capacity to move the state to the promised land even with his professorial status if he had not been given the chance.

“We do not need to borrow money to run this government. Anambra State indigenes are known to be economic giants the world over and all they need is to see a government with genuine intentions to transform the state and they will make their finances available.

“You promised to digitize revenue collection and taxation but rather you repackaged touts and launched them on Anambra State masses.”

Ubah therefore called on the Anambra State governor to come down from his high horse and make good his promises to Ndi Anambra before the expiration of his tenure as political power would not be given to him on a platter of gold again given the level of mediocrity he has shown in his administration where touting and exploitation of the citizenry has become the order of the day.