Dr Amobi Nwokafor, a Chartered Accountant is the Chairman and CEO of Amobi&CO, a firm of Chartered Accountants. A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November election, he speaks, in this interview on why APC should be the choice party for every Igbo man.
There are so many things. I was a former President-general of Awka Development Union (ADUN), and you know that for you to effectively discharge the responsibilities of that office, you have to be very close to the masses. It was during my interaction with the masses that I realised that there is a lot of work to be done for the people and that someone has to do that work. As President-general, I realised that there is much to do to develop our education sector.
Our young ones are dropping out of school due to poverty, lack of funds to sponsor them; there is a high wave of cultism among the youths. Again, our people are suffering from various kinds of ailments that are easily curable. I also realised that most of our women who are petty traders are suffering just because of N20,000, N30,000, N40,000 or N50,000, just to start petty trading. So I realised that there are lots of gaps between the rich and the poor. Having succeeded in implementing some of those things when I was President-general, for instance, the medical mission I initiated which was well executed, the scholarship scheme which is still running, the micro-credit loan scheme which I introduced for the women that needed just small, small money to do their businesses, I made up my mind to come out and seek the mandate of our people to serve as Governor to enable me to transform the misfortunes of the vast majority of our people and develop our state. I realised that if we have had a good man as Governor of Anambra State, a lot of miles would have been covered in terms of infrastructural development, in terms of food provision through a well defined agricultural development, in terms of provision of security, etc.
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