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| T.A Orji |
When you came to power we rejoiced.
The entire state was excited to see you enthroned into that highly
exalted office as the Chief Executive Officer of Abia State.
To the Motherless, it was a new hope.
To the widows and widowers, it was one of the greatest things that ever
happened to them.
And to the youths and entrepreneurs, we were already feeling like lottery
winners.
And to the few who know little or nothing about lottery, they were
already feeling like Dangote.
Some of us had speculations, programs and strategies on how we will
develop this city to become one of the most desirable cities in the world.
We were not skeptical about the possibility because we have got all it
takes to make it come to pass.
We have the resources and are of course resourceful indeed.
We thought by now some of us would have been competing favourably in net
worth with the renowned Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
Why?
Mark Zuckerberg rose to affluence as a Billionaire in a space of 10
years.
You have spent 8 years as our Governor already and most of us have not
felt the impact of your governance.
Some of my friends asked me not to write about this since it is now too
late for you to make it up to us but I resisted the temptation because I want
the next Governor of Abia State (your Successor) to know that Abia Youths are
not sleeping.
We will always watch his decisions, and like enterprising individuals, we
will not fail to ask ourselves, “How do this government’s decisions help us
save money, make money and multiply money?”
With our unique selling points in the areas of leather works and clothing
(fashion designing), I am very optimistic that most of Aba Residents would have
made some landmarks in the world records if your administration that began from
2007-2015 (8 years) had done at least 50% of what it promised.
We thought by now our city (Aba - Enyimba) would have shown us a tincture
of what Paradise is like.
We imagined how we will shuttle from our own Airport to Seaport and other
mind blowing developments in the State as a direct result of your campaign
promises.
We thought about other great level of developments in Abia State but you
shocked us to the bone by leaving us just like you met us – if not worst. I am
sorry to say that but the truth must be told.
Your Excellency, as you bow out from The Government House, permit me to
ask you this;
1. Where are
all those underground pipes borne water our Parents told us were in Aba before
– during Sam Mbakwe regime? I will allow you to share the blame with Dr Orji
Uzor Kalu (Former Governor of Abia State).
2. Where are
all those good roads you flashed on NTA that your administration did? I guess
some of them were ‘make-believes.’
You told us you were in bondage in the first 4 years of your
administration, which all of us – including myself believed to be true because
I was almost tempted to pray for the death of your oppressors but what happened
in your second tenure?
The road you said you constructed has killed our Drivers and Passengers
alike.
From the little we learnt in Primary School, cars don’t swim, but your
administration proved my Primary School Teacher wrong that in some part of the
world, like Ohanku road, Obohia road, Port-Harcourt road, Osusu road, Omuma
road, Nwaobasi Estate, Faulk’s road etc cars can still swim.
Oh my God! When have cars turned out to be better driven in water?
When have our houses and streets turned out to be better reservoirs for
water?
People living in some part of Aba will rather live the entire year
praying that it does not rain because if it does, their whole properties will
be swimming before they get home. But how will the soil yield increase if it
does not rain?
In few hours you will bow out. And in few hours Abians will have a sigh
of relief. But be rest assured that those Elder Statesmen of Abia you furnished
and serviced with the State Treasury will turn around to spit on your face. You
have a lot to learn from what has befallen President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The men who sang his praises have turned around to not only desert him but
shout “crucify him!”
As you vacate the Government seat of Abia State which from your character
in the last 8 years you thought was eternal, be rest assured that the families
of those Non-indigenes you sacked, the Teachers and Local Government workers
you refused to pay their salaries for months, Students you hiked their tuition
fees, the new Government you are leaving huge debt for and Aba Residents you
denied dividends of democracy may not forgive you.
We will forever remember you as the Governor who gave cars to party
faithful to drive in bad roads.
We will forever remember you as the Governor who gave cars to old men and
old women called Ochendo women as a Youth Empowerment program.
We will forever remember you as the Governor who hurriedly commissioned
four completed shops at Aba Mega Mall just because you want it to bear your
name.
We will remember you as the Governor who used GrandStar Construction
Company to construct roads with cements and shovels.
We will remember you as the Governor whose son manipulated his father’s
administration (and was more feared than his father), threatened his father’s
subjects and imposed his personal decisions on Abians and is richer than the
entire State.
May I bring to your notice (even though it might be late) that they were
many who left the city of Aba and Abia State for good owing to your kind of
leadership.
Let it be known that a mother who
left her child because he is having running stomach will not be qualified to
have him back when he is healthy.
My Excellency, I leave you to your thought.
Long live Aba!
Long live Abia State!
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
I represent the voice of the Abia youths.
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