On the day Dr. Peter Mbah stood on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, before the generality of Enugu people, and gave his acceptance speech as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party after the primary election which produced him to vie for the office of the governor, he said something very uncommon to the people. Some may have forgotten what he said that day. But that was the day Enugu people elected their next governor.
This was on May 25, 2022. More than seven months down the road, Dr. Mbah has lived out the true meaning of the words he used indicating that he was not being a politician when he uttered those words, but just being who he has always been - a humble person who, as a result of his peaceful background, believes, and lives out, the moral values that he had imbibed and teaches. Indeed, Peter Mbah is a core professional and not your run-of-the mill politician!
In being the next governor of Enugu state, Dr. Mbah proves something about humility and focus. He does not allow the opportunity coming into power get over him, in the true sense to f the expression of the name in the Nigerian political context, but as a chief labourer and team player whose assignment is to lead other labourers to till the land, plant and water the seeds, tend to the farm, relax and wait for a bountiful harvest. In Biblical terms, one could see Peter Mbah squarely fitted into the parable of the sower. He is sowing goodness and hope in Enugu state. He is sowing brotherliness and disarming opponents with simple lifeclass, which has become a signature of his personality. He is sowing projects for the future.
As an oil and gas magnet, the man remained mostly anonymous while keeping faith with his assignments, and delivering results quietly. Somehow, not many Enugu people knew that behind the well structured high walls and glasses of Pinnacle tower, hide a true son who never forgot his humble and Christian upbringing in working himself up the success ladder. It took the eagle eyes of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, CON, now the incoming Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the next 10th Senate, who as current governor, prayed for God's will in his search for a visionary and uncommon successor who would move the template in the development of Enugu state to new heights, to find him. Having spotted him. Hence Tomorrow Is Here as he had remained a quintessential and no-nonsense professional.
Yes, Mbah was right to have sought the nod of the people to be their next chief labourer. Mbah was right to have asked to be allowed to push the wheelbarrow ahead of others. Mbah was right to have asked those who actually own the power, to permit him to reload the transformation story of Enugu state and make things happen for the good. Today, even those who doubted his abilities, and vehemently opposed his decision to be another wheel in the progressive development of the state, are beginning to see how wrong they were. Most are re- aligning with his vision and are trooping to buy into his template for disruptive innovation and development.
Recently, the political structure "Oganiru Enugu" one of the foremost grassroot base campaign mechanism owned by the former gubernatorial contender, and Senator representing Enugu west senatorial districts who was also the former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Distinguished Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, collapsed their structure in affirmation to support Dr. Mbah's aspiration. Enugu state has remained very peaceful and accommodating of all opinions. He has shown that there is actually no need for a do-or-die disposition to politics. Dr. Mbah's plan on agricultural revolution and economic policies are unprecedented and enormous. He administration has deployed the potentials of the state to invest massively in agriculture when elected as the next governor of the state. Indeed, Ndi-Enugu Tomorrow Is Here.
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