Democracy Day: Ex-Govs rate Ugwuanyi high
Cutting across party lines, the comments by these leaders noted for their independent outlook offer a largely unvarnished assessment of Governor Ugwuanyi’s stewardship since his inauguration on May 29, 2015.
“Gov. Ugwuanyi has done very well,” Chief Jim Nwobodo, former governor of old Anambra State, says. “From education to roads, he has performed very well,” he added. According to Chief Nwobodo, who was also a senator, another pleasant quality of the governor lies in the fact that he doesn’t relate with people on the basis of their political affiliations. “He knows nothing called opposition,” he said, noting that such disposition has helped in enthroning peace and security in Enugu State.He also commended the governor’s robust response to the coronavirus disease pandemic. “Look at what he’s doing in this battle against the spread of COVID-19.
“He has established Isolation and Treatment Centres, doctors and other frontline workers are paid allowances and 25 per cent of their basic salaries as further incentives. This is in addition to the life insurance policy he has taken to cover all those involved in thje fight against the pandemic. I commend him so much for these services,” he said.Senator Nwobodo added, however, that Gov. Ugwuanyi’s biggest achievements are those intangible things people tend to take for granted.
Former governor of old Enugu State, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, also spoke about the current administration in superlative terms. “Gov. Ugwuanyi has done creditably these past five years,” he opines, adding that the governor was “very meticulous” in his choice of what he wanted to do in government. “From the onset, he chose touching the lives of the masses as his priority. And he has been magnificent in this regard,” he said.Dr. Nwodo explained that the tremendous popularity the Gov.
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