By Chiedu Uche Okoye
Thankfully, Anambra State is on the march to greatness,
again, after being held down in the past by unscrupulous political elements in
the state. Then, they placed their selfish and parochial interests above the
collective good. When the fourth republic dawned here, the generality of
Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief and expected that things would change for the
better. It did not change for the better, immediately, however.
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| *Peter Obi |
In Anambra
State, instead of
enjoying the fruits and gains of representative government, the people suffered
under suffocating and ineffective political leadership occasioned, partly, by
the political godfatherism that characterised the politics of the state, then.
Is Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju and Sir Emeka Offor’s fight for the financial purse
and soul of the state not fresh in our memories? And Dr. Chris Ngige took on
his political benefactor, Chris Uba, over the control of the state. Those
needless political fights hobbled the state and stalled its development.
