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Sunday, October 17 2004 Search : Vol 17 No.30

News Opinion Features Sports Chic Columnists Faith Personage Magazine Interview Business Week Sunday Politics Ecowas Report Family Line Foreign News Ngige to FG: ‘You’re a cheat’ JAYNE OSONDU, Aba THE Federal Government is guilty of manifest "cheating" against the people of South East with regard to road construction and rehabilitation, says Governor Chris Ngige. He also revisited his problem with Chief Chris Uba, his estranged political godfather. "It is not fair that you spent over N90 billion in other geo-political zones and less than N1 billion in another for the same purpose. That is clear cheating. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander." Governor Ngige who spoke in Aba weekend at a civic reception in his honour by Anambra citizens resident there, said five years into the present administration, little has been done by the Federal Government to uplift the poor state of the federal roads in South East noting, for instance that except the stretch of road in Amawbia, Agulu, Ekwulobia and Uga, the rest of Anambra State has been neglected by the federal authorities. Only last year, Governor Ngige and Minister of Works Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe were locked in controversy over the rehabilitation of federal roads in the state, which the governor has undertaken to repair because of what he called "federal neglect." But, speaking in Aba weekend in a veiled reference to the matter and the political crisis in the state, Ngige said, "I am not complaining, but all I am saying is that some geo-political zones in the country are getting more federal presence than the others... that’s why I said ‘leave us alone in Anambra to help ourselves, and take our destiny in our own hands." Pointing out that he is resolute and determined to stop those who are bent on fomenting trouble in his state, Governor Ngige restated that the treasury of the state is not for share. Said Ngige: "I entered into strategic alliances with some other political stakeholders from other zones when it became clear I was being drafted for governor, (and) what we agreed on was that it should give the people of Anambra state good governance." He said he will continue to resist every plot to make him deviate from that commitment which he called "the guiding pact and my covenant with God." In veiled reference to his estranged political godfather Chief Chris Uba, Ngige remarked, "If I open a portion of the state treasury they asked me to open, you won’t hear their voice again against me." He spoke of the dangers in acceding to such request to what he called "Kuwait," saying: "If you allow them, they won’t stop at N50 million, by the time you turn round, they would have drained over N1 billion." Besides, Ngige said he chose the path he took in the conflict with his opponents because he (Ngige) considered the welfare of the people more important than succumbing to the whims and caprices of his opponents. "What we have today is a new Anambra State," he said. Under his new vista of hope, Ngige said that prompt payment of workers’ salaries and execution of projects that will impact directly on the welfare of the people will take a pride of place.

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