Digitron:
What will be your agenda for the Peter Mbah/Ifeanyi Ossai government?

Someone that will soon return that mandate? 😂

Afam4eva:
I think Peter Mbah and PDP rigged the Enugu gubernatorial election but I don't think PeterMbah will be a bad governor. I have heard him speaking and he seems to understand the issues and how to solve them. I also never thought Chijioke Edeoga will do well in office.

My sentiments too!

PDP na PDP.

Even if they put ST Michael there, he will overnight become LUCIFER….


F.U.CK PDP

Digitron:


It was a consus rigging.

After the Nkanu East saga, Mbah was on the verge of losing. So, some 'Enugu elites' met and reached a consensus that Mbah should be announced.

I also believe he will do well as governor.

On Edeoga, he may not appear polished but he is a team builder and would have done well if he had emerged.

Teamship…..hmmm! Now where have i heard that term used before in a similar context!?🤔

OVB123:
My answer is NO.

Why do you say so?

Mbah is the only candidate that has demonstrated a clear strategy to get things done.

He has promised to raise IGR 10 times from 30 billion to 300 billion per annum in two years.

Solve the water problem in Enugu city in 180 days.

THree Economic zones in each LGAs.

Who among the candidates are thinking this far?

300 billion in two years?
another lamba. how do u believe dis obvious lie?

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
300 billion in two years?

another lamba. how do u believe dis obvious lie?

It's possible if only the greedy and meddlesome federal gov't can allow states exploit and benefit from their own human and natural resources! I hear avaition is now on the concurrent list, so that's a good start!

Digitron:


Why do you say so?

Mbah is the only candidate that has demonstrated a clear strategy to get things done.

He has promised to raise IGR 10 times from 30 billion to 300 billion per annum in two years.

Solve the water problem in Enugu city in 180 days.

THree Economic zones in each LGAs.

Who among the candidates are thinking this far?

And you believe him? How can he be able to move IGR from 30b to 300b? That alone should have told you that he will be worst than his predecessor.

Digitron:


Why do you say so?

Mbah is the only candidate that has demonstrated a clear strategy to get things done.

He has promised to raise IGR 10 times from 30 billion to 300 billion per annum in two years.

Solve the water problem in Enugu city in 180 days.

THree Economic zones in each LGAs.

Who among the candidates are thinking this far?

this guy u no well . what is GDP of Enugu that u will raise 300b . how many companies are they in Enugu that can raise 1b

LOVEALAIGBO:


It's possible if only the greedy and meddlesome federal gov't can allow states exploit and benefit from their own human and natural resources! I hear avaition is now on the concurrent list, so that's a good start!

it's in concurrent list doesn't means state have the right to turn airport into international airport

okeysoninv:
this guy u no well . what is GDP of Enugu that u will raise 300b . how many companies are they in Enugu that can raise 1b

We are going to activate all our dormant assets.

Gas Fields in Oji River
Oil well in Uzo uwani
Coal in Enugu
All the agro potential of the state will be activated.

We have the plan to construct 10000kms of roads.

A rail line between Enugu and Nsukka will be ready in 36 months.

Digitron:


We are going to activate all our dormant assets.

Gas Fields in Oji River
Oil well in Uzo uwani
Coal in Enugu
All the agro potential of the state will be activated.

We have the plan to construct 10000kms of roads.

A rail line between Enugu and Nsukka will be ready in 36 months.

Akuko Mike Ejiagha. see as he is listing as if he knew where all those things he mentioned are situated. well, except for corruption the stolen mandate must be returned to the rightful owner.

okeysoninv:
Akuko Mike Ejiagha. see as he is listing as if he knew where all those things he mentioned are situated. well, except for corruption the stolen mandate must be returned to the rightful owner.

We have concluded the geo-mappings of most of the gas fields and Oil well in Uzo Uwani. We are 'dragging' one of the oil well in the boundary between Enugu, Anambra and Kogi.

Enugu's economy will compete with some African countries in 8 years from now.

I saw this online,is this true that Mbah submitted Fake Nysc Cert?

AstroG:
I saw this online,is this true that Mbah submitted Fake Nysc Cert?

It's already in court

AstroG:
I saw this online,is this true that Mbah submitted Fake Nysc Cert?

Mbah served and was discharged according.

This is just distraction.

We have moved from here

Digitron:


Mbah served and was discharged according.

This is just distraction.

We have moved from here

Be like you will replace oephius in propaganda machinery

okeysoninv:
Be like you will replace oephius in propaganda machinery

Hahaha 🤣

Politics is over. It is time to move Enugu forward please.

Edeoga is good but Mbah is far better.

Mbah has this team ready for work.

Local and foreign investors have already indicated interest in various aspect of the state economy.

We have poised to deliver water to Enugu metropolis in 180 days from May 29.

Please, we must not miss this opportunity.

Digitron:


Hahaha 🤣

Politics is over. It is time to move Enugu forward please.

Edeoga is good but Mbah is far better.

Mbah has this team ready for work.

Local and foreign investors have already indicated interest in various aspect of the state economy.

We have poised to deliver water to Enugu metropolis in 180 days from May 29.

Please, we must not miss this opportunity.

You are correct.

Mbah is exposed.

He already operates at the highest level of business management.

I hope he brings this to bear in governing Enugu state.

As for the LP candidate, he should relax, if Mbah fails to deliver, he can always be voted out after 4 years.

I have listened to Mbah's interview and I like to give him the benefit of doubt...that he will perform.

Peter Mbah Names 60-man Transition Committee Member to be Headed by Seasoned Investment Banker Ike Chioke.

Ahead of the May 29, 2023 handover, the Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, has named Ike Chioke, Dr. Joe Abah, Prof. Chidi Onyia, Prof Chinedu Nebo and 54 others to his Transition Committee. The Committee includes internationally-recognised technocrats, good governance, transparency and accountability advocates, financial and management experts, entrepreneurs, as well as tech and innovation specialists. The Governor-elect said the Transition Committee would help articulate and fine-tune the incoming administration’s “implementable and impactful development plan” when it assumes office in May.
The Transition Committee members, as contained in a statement issued on Monday by the head of the Peter Mbah Media Office, Dan Nwomeh, will streamline the State development plan in line with Mbah's “Social Charter” with Ndi Enugu. The Charter aims at repositioning the state as one of the top three states in Nigeria in terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita, while addressing poverty, unemployment, and insecurity.
The committee will be chaired by Ike Chioke, an engineer, renowned investment banker, and Group Managing Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Ltd. He is also the President of the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria, Chief Executive Officer of Triple-A Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, and Chairman of Royal Exchange General Insurance Company. Mr. Chioke has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, project and structured finance, debt and equity capital markets, media, telecommunications, financial services, and industrial reform.
Other committee members are the Country Director of DAI Nigeria, an international development company and former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in Nigeria, Dr. Joe Abah; the Managing Director of United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UK-NIAF), Prof Chidi Onyia; a former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; a former Chief Executive Officer of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Nigeria and West Africa and current Chairman of Execution Edge, Ken Igbokwe; a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo; a former Executive Director at First Bank and Founder, Krystle Group, Mrs. Christy Okoye.
The Transition Committee members include the Director, Industrial and Trade Development at the African Development Bank (AFDB), Dr. Abdu Mukhtar; the Director, Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institutions, Dr. Aloysius Ardu; a renowned transporter and university proprietor, Chief Dr. Sam Onyishi; President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu; a former Commissioner at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission and Co-Founder, Excredite, Mr. Eyo Ekpo; former CEO at Neconde Gas, Engr. Frank Edozie; the Group CEO, PanAfrican Capital Holdings Ltd, Chris Oshiafi, and foreign direct investment promoter, Mr. Andrew Thorburn.
Also included are the Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University, Prof. Christian Anieke; Mrs. Ijeoma Emezie-Ezigbo (KPMG), Kingsley Eze (Tenece), Prof. Obiamaka Egbo (USAID), Chief Chinedu Anih (Coal City University), Mr. Chuka Mordi (Ellah Lakes), Dr. Nnenna Mba-Oduwusi (InSiGHT Health), Dr. Dorothy Jeff-Nnamani (Nova Health), Mrs. Modupe Adefeso-Olateju (The Education Partnership Centre), Mrs. Nneka Okekearu (Pan African University), Mr. Joseph Aneke (Transnetwork), Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe (The Law Crest), and Mr. Obi Ozor (Kobo 360).
Also on the list are Monsignor Prof. Obiora Ike,
Prof. Joy Ezeilo, SAN, Prof Chris Ohuruogu, Mr. Ikeazor Akaraiwe, SAN, Lady Ada Chukwudozie, Dr. Simon Gusah, Mr. Aronu Ugochukwu, Mr. Gerald Asogwa, Mr. George Agu, Dr. O. J. Mbonu, Mr. Chinedu Ani, Mr. Chris Roberts Ngwu, Mr. Chinedu Eze, Barr. Osinachi Nnajieze, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, Mr. Dubem Njeze and Engr. Barr. Steve Avah.
Others are Mr. Obi Asika, Mr. Oliver Nnona, Dr. Andreas Gebauer, Mr. Chibuzo Okafor, Mr. Victor Edeh, Mr. Obinna Ike, Dr. Damian Ozoani, Ms. Vivian Ngozi Ani, Mr. Arinze Chilo-Offiah, Mr. Mike Ogbuekwe, Mr. Osita Onuma, Mr. Emeka Onyebuchi, Mrs. Rita Mbah, Mr. Nkenna Emehelu and Mr. Emeka Ani.
The Director General of the State PDP Campaign Council/Peter Mbah Campaign Organization, Chief Ikeje Asogwa; Deputy Director General (Enugu North Zone) and former Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Dan Shere; Deputy Director General (Enugu West Zone) and former ranking member of the House of Representatives for Ezeagu/Udi Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Chief Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi; and Deputy Director General (Enugu East Zone) and former State Commissioner for Finance, Hon. Deacon Okechukwu Ogbodo are also members of the committee.
Nextier, a multi-competency advisory firm led by Patrick Okigbo III, will provide technical support and policy advisory to the Transition Committee.
The statement said the committee would commence work upon inauguration on April 27, 2023, and end on May 29, 2023.

Just seeing list dominated by party members. I pity Enugu state treasury

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Just seeing list dominated by party members. I pity Enugu state treasury

How many party members are on the list?

Digitron:


How many party members are on the list?

Them plenty. These types of people don't have what it takes to move the state 4ward. What they know is 2 deliver their ward, community & local govt 2 PDP.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:





Them plenty. These types of people don't have what it takes to move the state 4ward. What they know is 2 deliver their ward, community & local govt 2 PDP.

The politicians on the list are not up to 10.

Name them

Digitron:


The politicians on the list are not up to 10.

Name them

What's with the kidnapping going on in enugu of recent

oilykid:

What's with the kidnapping going on in enugu of recent

It is a challenge and it is been attended t

Congratulations to Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8TlooRXuY

When will the federal government complete this Adada River dam project self

Digitron:


We are going to activate all our dormant assets.

Gas Fields in Oji River
Oil well in Uzo uwani
Coal in Enugu
All the agro potential of the state will be activated.

We have the plan to construct 10000kms of roads.

A rail line between Enugu and Nsukka will be ready in 36 months.

He we contruct 10000kms of roads? All i want to say is that expect the kind of china made (substandard) roads okoroacha contructed imo state to be replicated in enugu state, if he must construct 10,000km roads.

okeysoninv:
this guy u no well . what is GDP of Enugu that u will raise 300b . how many companies are they in Enugu that can raise 1b

He is not talking gdp but igr.

OVB123:
He is not talking gdp but igr.

From GDP you get igr

I’ll hit ground running to keep my campaign promises to Enugu people –Peter Mbah
By Wilfred Eya

The Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah has said he will hit the ground running from Day One and assured that he would keep his campaign promises to people of the Coal City state. In an interactive session with Political Editors in Lagos, he spoke extensively on various issues especially his resolve to think out of the box to take Enugu to the next level

How were you able to scale through opposition’s hurdle to emerge victorious in the governorship election?

We did something that was unique; something that was peculiar. In the past, the way the campaign was done was that the governorship candidate would have a tour of the local government areas for rallies. But we took a different view, we felt that we should get granular; we wanted to reach out to the grassroots. And beyond reaching out to the grassroots, we wanted to get to understand their pain-points. So, we went on a tour of the 68 development centres and had town hall meetings with the people at the grassroots and relevant community based organisations as well as professional bodies.

That afforded us the opportunity to sell our message of hope, message of exponential growth, message of disrupting the status quo to the people. We also began to unpack what we mean by ‘tomorrow is here.’ We began to explain to them what tomorrow holds for them. We also engaged them constructively. But beyond engaging them constructively, the town hall meetings also afforded us the opportunity to listen to them; have them talk to us about their pains, their challenges and their difficulties. So, it wasn’t a report through a third party; it was me hearing from them.


Another opportunity it afforded us was that we documented the various potentials each local government in the state has. As you already know from my manifesto, we are trying to unlock our rural economy and we have an integrated rural development plan for the state. So, it was an opportunity for us to identify the various potentials of the local governments, particularly the development centres. We also took a bold view of what Enugu State can achieve in the next four to eight years under our leadership, and obviously, that resonated with the people.

Of course, we had naysayers, we also had some critics, whom we welcomed frankly because what we were basically telling them is unprecedented; something you cannot look at the past and see how it connects to what we were saying. If you look at the growth pattern in the last four years; it has largely been marginal. But here we are saying that we are going to grow the economy from the $4.4 billion level to $30 billion within the next eight years.

We also told Ndi Enugu that we are going to achieve a zero per cent rate poverty head count index. That also is unprecedented. We are saying that by 2031, there will be zero poverty in Enugu; there will be eradication and not reduction of poverty. This means that we are no longer going to have people under extreme or abject poverty or living below the poverty line.

And we were also unique in our strategic objectives because it is one thing having a laudable vision of growing the economy and lifting people out of poverty but another thing to be able to explain to them how you are going to achieve it. That was how we started talking about disrupting the current revenue model, which obviously focuses on receipt of money from Abuja and coming back to Enugu to spend it and that money not being able to intervene optimally across sectors of our economy.

So, we explained to them how we intend to deploy a critical alternative financing so that we can begin to generate funds from other sources. We also know that if we are going to go at the level that we have proposed, the growth will not just come from the public sector. It has to come from constructive investments, the private sector. So, the private sector is going to play a critical role and that’s business.


As I always say to my team, businesses are not Father Christmas; they want returns on their investments. So, you are going to engage with them; explain to them how you intend to de-risk their investment; how you intend to provide key enablers – infrastructure, security, physical environment, policy on taxation, ease of obtaining construction permit, ease of obtaining title documents.

There are lots of key indicators under ease of doing business that you must address. So, we were clear about the different approaches we are going to deploy to achieve our goals. For us, our mission is to make Enugu the most attractive state for investment. We are not just saying it because it is fancy to say. It is not also about going out there to seek investors, invite them for investment forum and market Enugu. You must have selling points. You have to prove that indeed Enugu is that preferred destination for investment.

In unpacking what we mean by tomorrow being here, it is basically telling our young people how we intend to enhance their skills and get them to compete with their peers across the globe. Our interest in ICT infrastructure is going to address that. We hope to be able to put a minimum of 40,000 young people every year to get productively and skillfully equipped with ICT skills.

That means we are going to have a number of innovation and incubation centres in clusters across the three senatorial zones. We will also work with outsourcing agents across the word to be able match-make these young people immediately they are done with their skill enhancement programmes, so that they can sit in Enugu and provide services to prospective employers anywhere in the world.

That is the good thing about digital economy; you are upwardly mobile. You don’t have to migrate to the United States or Europe in order to earn foreign exchange. We are looking at a critical mass; about 40,000 every year, which is no tea party. So, we must have robust ICT infrastructure in order to achieve that goal.


In the area of practical skills, our vision is to train 10,000 young people with vocational and technical skills every year. Our hope in this regard is that Enugu will become a net exporter of practical skills. So, if you are looking for a plumber or electrician, you no longer have to go to Benin Republic or Togo. You will start looking towards Enugu because we are going to build a critical mass of young people with practical skills.

When we say tomorrow is here, it means being able to get our young people to be digitally and practically equipped and we believe that as a state, we are going to be a beneficiary because it will boost economic activities. You can imagine a situation, where we have thousands of young people with digital skills, sitting in Enugu and earning about $2,000 monthly. What that means is an economy close to a billion dollars every year.

Consequently, we will have a lot of young people with purchasing power and a robust market and by implication attract industries because manufacturers will have the foreknowledge that there is a population with the purchasing power to patronise them. So, these things are systemic; they are going to connect each other and all that government needs to do is to provide those enablers I talked about.

In a nutshell, we believe that our message resonated with the people of Enugu State and that was why when they spoke during the governorship election, we had no doubt that we were the preferred choice for governance of Enugu State. Of course, we are not unmindful of some people we defeated at the primary election, who are still saying they would have been the winner of the main election.

How can you be the winner of the main election, when you couldn’t win the primary and when you have told the world that you are supporting the party’s candidate because he is the best as well as signed an undertaking to support whoever emerges at the primary? Of course, we know the way people see elections in Nigeria; some find it difficult to accept defeat.


By May 29, you would be sworn in as governor of Enugu State. How soon will you hit the ground running and what should the people expect in your first 100 days in office?

Usually, the first 100 days are honeymoon, especially when you are coming in with a lot of expectations and you have the opportunity to make an impression because you are riding on a high level goodwill. We have made some specific promises to the people of Enugu State with timelines. Some of the promises, even in the course of the campaign, have been reduced to actionable timelines. For example, we told Ndi Enugu that within 180 days, we will make sure that pipe borne water runs in their homes. We also talked about other things like addressing security challenges and waste management. Of course, we are committed to keeping to these set goals because we were aware of the situation and what we need to do to address them and that was why we put timelines to them. So, we are going to keep to our campaign promises.

Do you think that the revenue on ground would be able to fund the ambitious programmes you have in your manifesto?

In terms of revenue and where we are on dealing with soft issue, which is the second leg of our vision – eradicating poverty – we believe that intervening on issues like payment of pensions and gratuities are things we should do in order to take our people out of abject poverty. We know what the outstanding debt is, so we are going to arrange finance to clear that over a period of time and come up with a model that allows for the pay as you go pension. We will introduce the contributory pension scheme and work with that. Meanwhile, on the legacy debt, we will look for money and clear that.


If we look at our rural economy for example, nothing is happening in that sector. We have huge expanse of land and our land is so fertile that our factor productivity is five-fold. What you plant in Enugu, if you plant the same thing elsewhere in the North, whether it is Nasarawa or Niger states, you get five times in Enugu what you get from there. So, our plan is to unlock our rural economy; create special economic zones in the various local governments as well as access roads to the farm lands in order to attract commercial farmers.

So, we are not only going to unlock the potentials of these local government areas because we have about 100,000 hectares of farm land in each of the three senatorial districts, which is over 300,000 hectares when summed-up; we will have food security and we will equally process our farm produce, absorb post-harvest loses, package and market them. Also, we will have a whole lot of manufacturing industries that will come up with made-in Enugu products.

So, there are things that Enugu has not done before or the government has not been able to look into; we intend to do and it will no longer be about going to Abuja to collect allocation. We have a couple of other finance models that we outlined in our manifesto like the Diaspora Bond, which is gaining traction already. We intend to launch a Diaspora Bond basically to tell our brothers and sisters, who live abroad that the money they send shouldn’t be for consumption alone; that they can also dedicate part of it for production.

If you look at revenue that comes from the Diaspora, it runs into billions of dollars. So, we need to educate them on the need to convert a percentage of that for production and as a government, we securitize it, so that there will be security and credit and it becomes a tradable finance. We have also promised that we will run a transparent and accountable government and if you look at our governance principle, we even went further to say that we are going to codify and publish the Citizens Charter, which speaks to our public finance management system and fiscal discipline.

This will ensure that the people of Enugu know what accrues to them in terms of revenue from the different sources. They will also know what those funds are deployed for and the impact the expenditure is having on them. So, it is a robust thing but you have to build trust; the people must also trust you and those living outside should equally trust, especially when you talk about the Diaspora Bond.


When you talk about disrupting the revenue model in the state; have you considered the challenges that will come with such move given the resistance that usually comes with change?

I will say that it is all happening at a time when our people are becoming conscious of good governance and people are getting interested in leadership. In the first place, I believe that I emerged as a candidate for the governorship election because the leadership of the PDP in the state and the current governor in particular, realised the need for the party to reinvent itself and that the party needs to do things differently. So, I believe that we are going to have massive support from the political elite and the people of Enugu State, who believe that the current system is no longer able to serve our people optimally and are yearning for change.

How are you going to address the security challenges the state is facing because it would be difficult to realize your vision if the state is unsafe?

Security is key to everything we want to do in terms of economic growth, lifting people out of poverty and making Enugu the most attractive state in terms of ease of doing business. If you don’t have security, there can be none of that. You cannot have sustainable growth or development without peace and security. At the same time, you cannot have peace and security without sustainable growth. They are mutually reinforcing, so you have to tackle the two issues at the same time. That is why we talk about kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to tackling insecurity.

Of course, the non-kinetic approach is about dealing with unemployment and poverty frontally but at the same time strengthening our policing architecture. We have a robust security plan, so we are going to deploy technology to be able to identify and track criminal elements wherever they are. We are going to have a command and control centre that we can use to monitor activities going on across the state.


For the first time since 1999, Enugu State will have a House of Assembly that will not be dominated by the PDP as Labour Party won a sizeable number of seats during the elections. How are you going to navigate the opposition that will come from the House?

It is a function of what our common objectives are. Frankly, our objective is greatness of Enugu, development of Enugu, growth of Enugu. To this end, I believe that the incoming members of the House of Assembly, irrespective of party leaning, share the same objectives. Yes, we may have our different political beliefs but the goal remains the same. The goal is that Enugu State has to be great. And as long as we have a common goal, I have no doubt in my mind that we will work together. It is not about party or politics; it is about Enugu and I believe that we will work together to achieve our common objective of making the state great.

You cannot do the job alone; you need commissioners and others. What are the yardsticks that will determine those who will make your cabinet given the pressure that will come from godfathers and other stakeholders?

If you look at our manifesto, we talked about social performance contract, so we are bringing in people, who are going to execute that social performance contract across all the functional areas. We will be clear about the output targets for each of the ministries and my duty is to communicate those and goals and vision as clearly as possible and to work with a team of people, who have bought into that goal and we will have a way of measuring performance on the social contract we signed with Ndi Enugu.


https://sunnewsonline.com/ill-hit-ground-running-to-keep-my-campaign-promises-to-enugu-people-peter-mbah/