{"id":69326,"date":"2019-09-23T19:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69326"},"modified":"2019-09-23T19:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:21:12","slug":"peter-obi-blasts-ngige-says-he-is-too-old-for-mischief-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/peter-obi-blasts-ngige-says-he-is-too-old-for-mischief-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Blasts Ngige, Says He is too old for mischief-making"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Mr. Peter Obi has described the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige as being too old for mischief-making.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Obi urged Ngige to focus his energy on how to make Nigeria work, rather than continuing in engaging in mischief.<\/div>\n
Obi spoke through his Media Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem in a statement made available to\u00a0 newsmen in Awka on Monday.<\/div>\n
Obi was reacting to statements made by Ngige that he (Ngigi) was ashamed of the quality of roads constructed by his successors.<\/div>\n
Obienyem wondered why Ngige loves attacking Mr. Peter Obi, who had not, except during electioneering, attacked him, but rather compliments him on his modest achievements on roads.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat is most condemnable in Ngige\u2019s attacks are the lies he tells just to bring Obi down.<\/div>\n
“How could he mention roads such as Abatete-Nteje-Aguleri-Otuocha road and Igboukwu-Ezenifite-Umunze , Iseeke roads and deliberately forgot that Obi did greater portions of those roads?\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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Obienyem said that it was instructive that over 90 per cent of the roads Ngige mentioned were done in his local government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Obienyem said that though Obi used local contractors in line with his policy of supporting our own people, just like he supported Innoson and other industrialists in the state which some of the contractors disappointed, that majority of roads Obi did, like the Umueze-Anam-Nmiata road was done by RCC; Ayamelum and Onitsha roads done by Nigercat; Headbridge-Upper Iweka done by the CCC.<\/p>\n

Obienyem opted to take Ngige round some roads Obi did such as Awka-Amawbia dual carriage road; Old Nkpor-Abagana-Awka road; Adazi-Obeledu-Akwaeze-Igboukwu road; Igbarian-University road; Ichi roads; Nkwo Okija; Umunze Anam-Mmiata; Nkweleezunaka by pass; Over 30 roads within Onitsha GRA; Over 10 roads within Onitsha Habour industrial area and the 6- lane dual carriage road from Head bridge to Upper Iweka.<\/p>\n

Others are Upper Iweka-Umunya; the Nkpor flyover built in collaboration with the Federal Government which can even carry trains; Obosi-bypass; Awka road; Oguta road; Old Oba-Nnewi road; Mmiri John road ( Ojoto); creek road among others for Ngige to see that the roads are still standing like the Gibraltar.<\/p>\n

On what Ngige said on roads not being maintained, Obienyem said that Obi always included money for road maintenance in his yearly budget and that he maintained all the roads in the state by patching potholes and yearly desilting the culverts such that the roads stood the test of time, even during the rainy seasons.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring Obi\u2019s time, the Umuoji-Nnobi road Ngige did develop massive erosion cutting the road at Uke which Obi did; Abatete-Oraukwu road developed similar erosion which Obi did; the Nimo-Neni-Awka-Etiti road was the same and only made passable because Obi was maintaining it. Today Neni-Awka-Etiti road that he did is one of the worst roads in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the importance of road maintenance, shortly before he left, Obi set up the Anambra State Road Maintenance Agency with full compliments of brand new equipment. He also leftover 4 billion Naira in the Ministry of Works for road maintenance before he handed over. We have the account details and other relevant evidence,” he said.<\/p>\n

Obienyem, who noted Ngige\u2019s endless brag on the Federal roads he did said they were only two that are in Idemili: Nkpor-Nnobi and Borromeo -Nkpor as against many that Obi did such as the Headbridge-Upper-Iweka; Upper-Iweka-Umunya; Oba-Nnewi; Nkpor-Amawbia; Zik\u2019s Avenue, among others.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNgige did his without approval, while Obi secured approval to be refunded before his own intervention\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

He advised Ngige not to go to the area of comparing his Government with that of Obi, saying that the people of the state know the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere will the comparison start? Is it health, where Ngige did nothing? Is it education, where Ngige did nothing? is it commerce and industry, where Ngige did nothing? is it the provision of infrastructure, where all he did was to cause the burning down of the state? Is it our relationship with donor agencies? Where?\u201d Obienyem said<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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