As the rank of those who seek to govern Imo State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) continues to swell, a former commissioner in the state and former banker, Mr. Nick Opara-Ndudu, on Thursday, July 26, threw his hat in the ring.
Meanwhile, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, former Minister of Interior and the APGA flag-bearer in the 2015 governorship election in the state has endorsed Opra-Ndudu’s aspiration, describing the ex-banker as a capable hand who has the capacity to drive the state to the path of glory.
Captain Iheanacho, a member of the APGA Board of Trustees (BOT), who spoke at Opara-Ndudu’s formal declaration to contest the 2019 governorship election, lauded the aspirant for putting together what he described as “workable solutions for the developmental challenges facing the state.”
He said the solutions packaged by Opara-Ndudu are strong enough to address the intractable issues currently assailing the state.
In a well attended ceremony in Owerri, Imo State capital, Opara-ndudu unveiled his blueprint, which he said would guide him in his effort to arrest the ruin being witnessed in every sector of the state’s economy.
He took the visibly excited audience of party stalwarts and other stakeholders through his professional career in banking where he rose to the very top and his trajectory in the public sector where he also served Imo people in four different capacities, the high point being the attainment of the highest internally generated revenue that the state witnessed while the portfolio was under his watch.
The blueprint themed: Imo- Creating Pathways to Prosperity and Growth, covered education, agriculture, industrialization, health, land reform, tourism, housing among others.
He assured the audience that he was poised to heal Imo, a task he considers challenging but doable.
He also promised to build on the legacies of Chief Sam Mbakwe, late governor of old Imo State, by creating massive employment through the linkage between agriculture and industry.
In his goodwill message, an elated Captain Iheanacho commended Opara-Ndudu for the depth of his programmes and presentation , stressing that Imo needs a governor with a good combination of private and public sector experience to clean up the mess the current administration had created in the state.
He said he was proud of Opara-Ndudu and wished him well in his mission to secure the ticket to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
He advised APGA faithful present to share the lessons of the presentation with others, but to also listen to other aspirants and choose wisely at the party’s primaries.
