A text of a Statement Made by DR. SAM AMADI, APGA Gubernatorial Aspirant for Imo State 2019 on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 while Collecting his Nomination Form.
Today, we officially begin the process to end the
legacy of deceit, corruption and audacious immorality in Imo.
Today, we raise the APGA flag signaling the beginning
of the onslaught against a legacy of ‘Iberiberism’ in Imo State and the
beginning of building strong foundations for prosperity, justice and
accountability in Imo State.
Today, we raise the voice of millions of Imo citizens
who have courageously declared an end to impunity, to unbridled stealing of
public wealth and the criminality of mendacious 419 operatives who have
hijacked political power since the end of the illustrious Sam Mbakwe era.
Today, as I pick this nomination form Imo citizens
declare their determination to fight every inch of the way to liberate their
land from poverty for many and stupendous wealth for just a few.
We know it will be a tough battle. Those who invaded
political leadership in Imo and built this infrastructure of poverty and misery
have consolidated their political power in the state through continuous
impoverishment of the citizens.
But we can hear the voice of the people proclaiming an
end to poverty; we can hear the people refusing to be deceived again and again;
we can hear them looking for a new leadership.
We are in APGA because Imo people have chosen APGA as
the vehicle of redemption. APGA is ready to end the Okorocha legacy and the
legacy of similar deceitful and incompetent leaders who have raped and wasted
the potentials of the state.
APGA’s manifesto focuses on sustainable
community-based prosperity and social justice. APGA emphasizes responsibility
and accountability to the people. APGA articulates the egalitarianism and
productivity that define the Igbo worldview. APGA represents those character
traits and competencies that made Eastern Nigeria the fastest growing economy
in the World under M.I. Okpara in the 1960s and Imo State under Sam Mbakwe the
fastest industrializing state in the 1980s.
In the 21st century, governance has been
complex. Imo needs a competent hand to start the rebuilding. Considering the
damage Governor Okorocha has inflicted on Imo State, in 2019 Imo can’t afford
another one from the tribe of political entrepreneurs whose interest in public
office is to maximize personal wealth and indulge in endless sensuality. Imo
needs a man or woman of integrity, compassion and competence. Imo needs a
Governor who can envision transformation and deliver it on time. Imo needs an
upgrade of Sam Mbakwe, a governor whose lack of interest in personal wealth
enables him or her to focus all energies towards building economic and social
infrastructure of rural prosperity. That person is me. I am ready to provide
such a leadership.
My colleagues and I at the New Imo Movement have
developed a Community Action Plan for Prosperity based on the social democratic
values in the APGA manifesto and the time-tested principle of economic and
social development, more recently from the Asian continent.
This plan has three agenda. Rural industrialization,
health and education and open government.
We start with a commitment to return 100 per cent of
all local government allocations to the local government council to be used
singular to build rural economy. We have to end poverty in Imo by making
communities prosperous.
Our grand rural industrialization plan will lead to
108 cottage industries in Imo State in one year and create about 108,000 new
jobs for unskilled and medium skilled youths. 27 local government councils in
Imo State will have 305 quality health centers and we will have public schools
that are comparable to the best private schools.
We will end the apartheid that subjects the children
of the poor to failed schools that lead to more poverty and misery. The New Imo
is an equal opportunity society.
From May 29, we start this difficult march to
establish the vision of the founders of APGA and present a model to the world
of an African economic and social miracle better than the Asian miracle. We can
do it at the Heartland of Southeast. The Sun will once again rise from the
East.
We are ready and willing. This task is urgent and
pressing. That is why we are in a hurry to pick the nomination form and begin
the journey to end Rocha’s Nightmare. Join us.
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