By Tony Adibe
Leadership of the Enugu Investors Forum (NIF), in collaboration with the Enugu Concerned Citizens Initiative, (ECCI) has, again, restated their endorsement of the PDP governorship candidate, Dr Peter Mbah at a special dinner party.
NewsBits recalls that earlier on November 4, 2022, the investors had endorsed the candidature of Dr Mbah who, they believe, has the magic wand to change the investment climate in the state.
At the special dinner which was held Monday evening at the Octopus Chinese Restaurant, Independence Layout, Enugu, President of the Enugu Investors Forum, Ayobanna Ikeanumba, said that their endorsement was based on the fact that Mbah has interest in investment, hence would not be hostile to investors.
Ikeanumba also said that they did a careful analysis of the other governorship candidates and discovered that none of them had any tangible investment that any man could point at. According to the NIF President, “We have reviewed other candidates, but we found it difficult to pinpoint tangible investments they have made but we could not see any.
“Some states are doing well because they have leaders that have proven integrity in the private sector. Mbah has a tangible business one can touch but that is not the case with others. So, we looked around and decided that Mbah is the person we are going to endorse. The essence of endorsing Mbah is because of his interest in business. He won’t be hostile to investors. We shall all come together to invest in the state.”
He promised that once Mbah was elected as a Governor, their members would immediately build 10,000 affordable housing units in Enugu as soon as the land was made available to them.
“From day one, we are pledging 10,000 housing units of affordable housing to citizens of Enugu. Once he shows us the land, we build the houses,” he promised. On his part, the Director General of ECCI, Hon. Arthur Edeh, said that they were endorsing Mbah because they believe that he is competent and capable to transform the state.
“Enugu is a green field for both local and international investors to cultivate but the government has to create the enabling environment that would make it accessible for investments.
“This, of course, is the order of our interest as Concerned Citizens to ensure that in the forthcoming election that we elect a more competent, experienced and intelligent leader who has the capacity to provide the environment that would help to facilitate economic development, evolution and empowerment for Ndi Enugu.” Udeh said.
He noted that after a careful assessment of other candidates, “we resolved to throw our weight behind the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.”
