By Tony Adibe
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has again advised the people of the state to keep the hope alive with his candidacy and the PDP as the year 2023 would be a special one in the annals of the state if, and when elected as the next governor.
The oil and gas magnate congratulated the people of the state for being ushered into another year, stressing that “it’s a new dawn and a new beginning in the state.”
Insisting that he is well prepared for the task ahead with his well thought-out, robust, and excellent manifesto, Dr Mbah stated that, the state under his leadership in 2023 would witness exponential growth, unprecedented socio-economic transformation and industrialisation which will be driven by technology and innovation.
In his new year message contained in a press statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen by his media office, Mbah further said that regardless of the economic crisis that engulfed the nation in 2022, Enugu State particularly recorded improvement in infrastructure, citizens and workers’ welfare, healthcare and human capital development made possible by the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led government.
He restated his strong commitment to support the citizens in areas of businesses and investment by creating a friendly, transparent, and enabling environment for ease of doing business, provide for the basic welfare of the people, improve further on human capital empowerment through support for the youths, special training, and skills acquisition for them.
Dr. Mbah maintained that he had set the agenda and the pace for the “New Enugu State of our dream where everyone will have a voice in the decision-making process, participate actively in governance and vigorously pursue their dreams in the most accommodating, encouraging and inspiring environment as envisioned by my social contract and manifesto.”
The business tycoon also added that nobody would be left out in the journey to make the state the one of the top three states in the country in terms of gross domestic product and moving Enugu economy from its present $4.4 billion to $30 billion dollars in the next eight years.
