The challenges and distractions that strewn his path before and after his primary election where enough to throw him off balance. From Hon Chijioke Edeoga's acceptance of his candidacy and subsequent collapsed of all his structures and media team, pledging support and loyalty to his mandate, and also his sudden change of attitude like a chameleon to remain in the race caused by an act of desperation which led to his refusal to once again accept his candidacy as the incoming governor of Enugu state, had an interestingly rough start. But he kept his eyes on the ball and would not give in to cheap distractions especially that it comes with the job.
If you think you don't want to be distracted or can't answer all manners of names, don't come out to serve. The terrain allows for that," Dr. Peter Mbah, a public administrator and oil businessman, came straight from the private sector, there is no gainsaying the fact that the PDP gubernatorial candidate appears prepared for the job. He understands the issues and with his impressive intellect and exposure, is able to sell them. He enjoys being taken on but on the intellectual burner.
Dr. Mbah's grasp of issues, and intricate rudiments of governance are today is selling points. In truth, the current administration by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi might have laid the foundation for a rather smooth take-off, it will become an entirely different ball game the moment power changes hands and not only did this reality dawn on Mbah early, he also picked up immediately knowing full well that excuses would not improve his scorecard at the end of the day. Hence his nomination of Barr Ifeanyi Ossai as a team player to succeed in as governor once elected into office.
Six months in the game as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the governorship race, Peter Mbah is already writing his own name with a choice pen in the sand of time. With contemporaneous achievements so far in his town hall meeting with the people of Enugu state, Enugu story can only get more better. The town hall meeting set up to visit the 68 Enugu local government development centres for the realization of the key projects like the Agro-allied processing zones as well as foreign direct investments, amongst others is evidently task with manifest results.
His plans for multimodal transport system and the building of a 10,000 kilometers of road network in projection, upgrade of infrastructure, urban remodeling and renewable projects, commercial agricultural scheme, Agro-allied economic enhancement programmes as well as the implementation of different capacity building programmes for the workers, the youths and the women in the state form the basis for voting him as the next governor of the state come 2023.
These coupled with free and compulsory education programme, free health care service for pregnant women, children between O- 4 years and the aged as well as the numerous welfare packages for the people, including the less privileged living with disabilities as well as victims of natural disasters, are some of the sectoral programmes of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah when elected the governor of Enugu state. The consolidation of infrastructure as well as expansion will be yet another cardinal objective of the Mbah's administration.
Dr. Peter Mbah's desire for the office of the governor come with the vision to ensure a clean and healthy environment. His policy thrust on Environment and Mineral Resources is targeted at pollution control and waste management, flood and erosion control, forest reserves conservation, mineral resources department and sustained awareness campaign on good public attitude towards environmental protection. The manifestation of this vision is evident in the beautiful scenery his statement of purpose adorns.
A key necessity of people is shelter and Dr. Mbah has projected a fast tackling the housing needs of the people of the state. In keeping with the recommendation of the white paper by the federal government committee on urban development and housing, the incoming governor will ensure access to decent, safe and healthy housing facility and house ownership as well as map out a well-planned urbanization for the state, proving that government will be committed to providing quality housing and urban renewal services as well as decent and affordable accommodation to the teeming population.
In the area of agriculture and food sufficiency,which Dr. Mbah considers critical to the wellbeing and social-economic transformation of the people, the state agriculture will engage 70 per cent of the state's population with capacity to catapult the state from consumption- oriented economy to a market-driven economy. Mbah knows it is impossible to underplay the role of power in driving his vision hence his programmes on huge investment in that sector. Thus, in his quest to make Enugu state an industrial hub in the southeast, Dr. Mbah has developed a master plan to tackle power generation in the state to boost commercial and domestic activities.
In his programmes not to leave anything out, has also identified some matters as technical. Therefore, for effective handling of technical matters as they are marked, involving massive and capital intensive projects, the idea is to work in liaison with various project ministries/agencies to evaluate, monitor, control and verify the projects to ensure adherence to due process towards achieving cost effectiveness and compliance with global standard. To boost investment, commerce and industry, Peter had declared at the inception of his town hall meeting with Enugu communities that his commitment to industrialization is irrevocable. He knows that through industrialization he shall rewrite the Enugu story in employment and wealth creation. And in order to fully actualize the blueprint, Dr. Mbah has evolved policies and programmes targeted at providing the enabling environment for the attainment of the goal. This is to ensure adequate exposure of the abundant natural endowments and potential of the state to global searchlight in attracting national and international patronage. Dr. Mbah does not underplay the role of labour and effective civil service in the success of any government or organization, to the extent of their harmonious relationship. The incoming governor has therefore put in place a development programme on manpower development and capacity building to ensure a sustained cordial relationship between the state government and the labour for a smooth running of government machinery under his watch.
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