PERSPECTIVE By Louis Amoke Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the Enugu State governor’s inaugural address on May 29, 2023, at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, clearly articulated the boldness and unswerving
Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the Enugu State governor’s inaugural address on May 29, 2023, at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, clearly articulated the boldness and unswerving focus his broad governance vision to advance development in the state would take.
Dr. Mbah equally thanked the immediate past governor for successfully leading the campaign for the emergence of someone with a public and private sector background as his successor despite blackmail, discord and vilification to accelerate development in Enugu. The governor disclosed that in constituting the committee which Ike Chioke chaired, “we searched for the very best in virtually all views of development,” adding, “Here gathered are the products of that scrutiny.”
He paid workers the new N30,000 minimum wage with its consequential adjustment; embarked on unprecedented rural development programmes; covered about 850 kilometres of urban and rural roads largely concentrated in the rural areas with the provision of numerous educational, health, agricultural and security facilities; maintained the existing facilities in Enugu urban, among others.
Governor Mbah had also talked about making Enugu the preferred destination for investment, business, tourism and living, as well as unpacking the skills of the youths in digital technology so that he will be able to equip a minimum of 40,000 youths with digital technology and a minimum of 10,000 youths in practical skills yearly.
The governor also mentioned that “we also want to invoke and instil in them the can-do spirit that is innate in the Igbo man.” Harping on doing things differently, Governor Mbah, among other promises, stated, “Take notice that this administration will be business unusual. Tough decisions will be taken. Those decisions will, however, be taken in the best interest of Ndi Enugu and Enugu State in general. You will constitute the driving force of every action we take as your representatives.”
“In the area of information and communication technology , we will provide a tier 4 hyper-scale data centre to attract hyper-scale businesses like Amazon, Google, Netflix, TikTok and Microsoft,” said the governor.
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