Umahi’s spokesperson berates APC for faulting Governor’s appointment of 4,000 aides
Posted by News Express | 26 December 2019 | 1,346 times
The Technical
Assistant on Media to the Governor of Ebonyi State, Lady Monica Ada Chidinma
Eze, has taken a swipe at the spokesperson of the Ebonyi State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Nwoba Chika Nwoba, over what she called
his “paradoxical and absurd comments” condemning the appointment of over 4,000
as aides to the Governor.
Mr. Nwoba had in a
statement said the recruitment of over 4,000 aides is not something one should
praise the Governor for.
“Who are these aides
and what impact are they going to make in the state?” Nwoba had reportedly
queried.
“The Governor should
have used the money he is using to pay them to upgrade facilities at Ebonyi
State University. He should have used the money to meet the infrastructural
needs of the State,” Nwoba further opined.
However, in a press
statement she personally signed and issued on Tuesday, and circulated to media
houses in Abakaliki, the state capital, Lady Eze bemoaned the State APC image maker,
stressing that since the creation of Ebonyi State, no administration has made a
better impact in infrastructural development of the state than Gov. Umahi have
made, whose quest for transformation has turned the state into a construction
site.
She said it is not for
nothing that the governor won the “Best Governor in Nigeria Award”, adding that
commitment to service delivery through infrastructural development which is a
critical element of governance further earned Gov. Umahi the sobriquet “Mr.
Infrastructure”.
While advising Nwoba
and the state chapter of the APC to criticise constructively as such falls
within their rights as allowed by the Constitution and other regional and
international human rights instruments, Lady Monica warned the opposition APC
not to misconstrue the privilege as such may result to hate speech.
She counseled Nwoba
and his sponsors to toe the line of patriotism rather than turning themselves
into enemies of the state.
She said Nwoba, in his
zealousness to please his paymasters, went ahead to castigate the Governor for
constructing an Ecumenical Centre that is billed to be the best decorated,
furnished and largest place of worship in the entire West African region by a
State Government.
According to her,
Nwosu’s comment that “Ebonyi does not need an Ecumenical centre” calls for a
serious concern.
“By this stand, if
Nwoba is given an opportunity to live at the time of King Solomon he would have
queried God for commissioning King Solomon to build a temple for him. The likes
of Nwoba fail to understand that Apostle [Gov] Umahi is not only on a divine
mission but have demonstrated that he is a tool in God's hands to change the
fortunes of Ebonyi State and take Ndi-Igbo to greater heights.
“One may not blame the
APC spokesperson as him and his sponsors are bereft of critical insights over
the steaming revolution in Ebonyi State and sadly, still lives on the past, not
knowing that Ebonyi State has moved ahead,” Lady Eze said.
The Governor’s aide,
who also doubles as the Founder and President of David Umahi Nweze Akuburoah
Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA), a non-governmental organisation averred
that instead of condemnation, Governor Umahi deserves to be congratulated and
commended for meaningfully engaging his people in governance in order to help
them affect their immediate environment.
Lady Monica Chidinma
Eze said with the appointment made so far by the Governor, there is hardly any
family in Ebonyi that does not have a representative in the present administration
of Governor Umahi. She said the governor has indeed displayed rare, sterling
and outstanding leadership tenets in public service.
Source: News Express
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