By Tony Adibe
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has restated his government’s commitment to fight insecurity through the deployment of modern technology, job creation, massive infrastructure, engagement of youths and provisions of social services across the state if elected governor in the March 11, 2023, elections.
Dr. Mbah, who said this on Thursday at Unadu and Ibagwa-Aka, headquarters of Udeze and Igboeze Southwest Central Development Centres, in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, at town hall meetings where he interfaced with the stakeholders of the different communities in the area, stated that he had put in place the required apparatuses for the transformation of the state.
The governorship flagbearer maintained that security is at the core of his governance and strategic policy that will make the state envious and attractive to investors.
He explained that modern technology, intelligence gathering, strengthening of community policing, and engagement of youths in productive enterprises will eradicate insecurity across the state. He added that he would leave no stone unturned in harnessing the abundant resources in the area which will create more wealth for the people.
While reacting to the demands of the development centres, Dr. Mbah said new infrastructure, such as road construction that will link communities in the state, functional primary and secondary health care facilities, skills acquisition and vocational training centres, total overhaul of the education curricula and installation of information and communications technology for pedagogical learning are all key to his administration’s development agenda as contained in his manifesto.
Re-emphasising that Enugu state, under his leadership, would witness unprecedented development that will attract workforce from other states, the governorship hopeful vowed that he would grow the economy seven-fold, open up rural areas for industrialisation and create economic zones that will make the state the food basket of the nation.
“Our industrialisation policy will discourage our youths from migrating outside the country in search of green pastures because we will constructively and productively engage them.
“Agriculture is going to be a profitable business because we’re going to invest massively in the sector such that we will be producing, processing, packaging, marketing, exporting and creating more value chain in the process,” he added.
