{"id":98870,"date":"2022-09-02T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98870"},"modified":"2022-09-02T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:05:30","slug":"2023-politics-of-zoning-has-underdeveloped-abia-emenike-apc-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-politics-of-zoning-has-underdeveloped-abia-emenike-apc-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Politics of zoning has underdeveloped Abia\u00a0 \u2013 Emenike, APC candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, has said that the politics of zoning political positions has brought underdevelopment to the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emenike, who stated this during a consultation meeting with APC stakeholders in Osisioma LGA, tasked the electorate to vote on the credibility of governorship candidates instead of supporting candidates because of where they come from.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that zoning has brought more pains to the people of the state and urged the electorate to focus on candidates who have the capacity to bring development to the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said; \u201cIn 2023, it should no longer be turn by turn politics. It should be on who has the capacity to rescue Abia.\u00a0 You have seen where zoning and turn by turn politics has kept the state.\u00a0 Abia North sowed the seed for the desecration of the state. After them, Abia Central took their turn. Now, Abia South has taken their turn, but you have seen it all. I have never believed in turn by turn politics. In 2023, if you are an apostle of turn by turn politics, take it that the bad people have taken their turn in Abia state, it is now the turn of good people.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emenike disclosed that he has what it takes to develop Abia as a first class state in the third world country and urged the electorate to play their part to rescue the state from what he described as bad governance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe must establish building blocks of development .We must build infrastructure and empower human beings, not giving handouts. Stomach infrastructure should come through jobs created by the government and private sector. I don\u2019t agree with those who say that the government has no business being in business.\u00a0 Government must interfere in every sphere of the society, especially in areas where the private sector can\u2019t intervene. My administration will evolve a state that works for every citizen. It is a shame that governorship candidates in Abia state are still campaigning to build roads, pay salaries and give stomach infrastructure.\u00a0 These are things taken for granted in developed states. I have the capacity to deliver a first class state in a third world country. We won\u2019t just be in government to blow siren, but to rescue the state and make a difference in governance.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the chairman of the Abia APC, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, while speaking on Emenike\u2019s qualities, stated that Emenike is the candidate to beat for the governorship position, stressing that other candidates have been part of rot which has underdeveloped the state since 1999.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said; \u201cWe have a unique candidate who is coming to rescue Abia. You can\u2019t put him side by side with other governorship candidates. All these other candidates seeking to govern the state in 2023 have been part of the rot holding the state down. They can\u2019t kill it with their left hand in the night and pretend to come in the morning to rescue it. 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