The founding fathers experienced unbounded enthusiasm and a sense of success upon the creation of Enugu State on August 27, 1991. It completed the “Wawa” people’s freedom to live in a society built on the foundations of justice, equity, and peace.
No wonder Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi reiterated his commitment to the hopes and goals of the state’s founding fathers in his 2015 inaugural speech, promising to “take up the gauntlet of the struggle for the emancipation of the Wawa man from where our heroes past stopped.”
Governor Ugwuanyi also vowed, in accordance with the ideals and aspirations of the founding fathers of Enugu State, to “deploy government services to create fair and equal opportunity for every willing citizen to make a living, educate our children, and enjoy life in a peaceful and secure environment”, while pursuing vigorously, employment generation, enhanced social services and good governance, rural development, security and justice.
The governor has skillfully carried out this sound vision despite a slew of obstacles facing the nation’s economy, security, and public health, among other things.
Below are some advancement and changes that he has done:
SECURITY
The Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, gave 85 motorcycles to the state’s 17 local government areas to help the rural residents and neighborhood watch combat crime and other security issues. The governor, who was present at the motorcycles’ inauguration and was represented by the Honourable Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Chijioke Edeoga, gave the Council Chairmen instructions to make sure the motorcycles are used wisely for the intended purposes.
Prince Cornelius Nnaji, the state chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, or ALGON, thanked the governor for his bold initiatives to improve state security and gave him the assurance that the motorcycles would significantly help the neighborhood watch in the Council areas carry out their duties.
8.8KM EHA AMUFU-NKALAGU ROAD PROJECT
The 8.8km road, which was rebuilt for the residents of the rural community of Eha Amufu in Isi-Uzo L.G.A., serves as a gateway to the north through Obollo-Afor, connects Ebonyi State to Nkalagu, and gives access to the Nigercem Factory at Nkalagu, which used to be the region’s economic engine and top tourist destination in Eastern Nigeria.
THE CONTINUING OUTSIDE WORK AT THE ENUGU STATE MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, GRA, ENUGU
One of the coordinated efforts by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration to complete the center and put it to use for effective, improved, quality, and affordable healthcare delivery in the state and the entire South East region at large is the ongoing exterior work at the Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Centre, GRA, Enugu.
In his inaugural speech, Governor Ugwuanyi did make the commitment that his administration would “complement the already established state-of-the-art medical diagnostic center – the first of its kind in our geo-political zone – with our vision to create hospital chains to make Enugu the preferred destination for receiving high quality and affordable medicare in the country will be a matter of first choice.”
SUSTAINING THE LEGACY OF OUR PREVIOUS LEADERS
Enugu State’s Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi upholding the traditions of our former leaders. Keeping the continuing restoration of the sidewalk at Michael Okpara Square in Enugu…
It is important to know that the Comag Steel and Construction Company Limited project is one of the contracts that the Enugu State Executive Council has approved.
THE NEW NSUKKA
The goal of modernization in Nsukka, the second-largest town in Enugu State, is to compete with other university towns in luring technology and knowledge-based firms as well as other industrial support initiatives.
Congratulations to Governor Ugwuanyi for keeping his word about his campaign commitments despite the significant economic difficulties the nation is currently facing.
WINNERS OF 9TH RAFFLE DRAW – AFOR OKPANKU MARKET
On October 28, 2017, His Excellency, the Governor attended the ninth raffle draw of the Enugu State Government’s traders empowerment scheme at the Afor Okpanku Market in the Aninri Local Government Area. 100 (One Hundred) winners of N50,000 apiece were announced following the draw.
ALL STATE SCHOOLS IN ENUGU Received ICT EQUIPMENT DONATION FROM GOV. UGWUANYI
During the governor’s visit to Queens School in Enugu, the state’s Junior Secondary School (JSS) pupils participated in a two-week Mental Arithmetic training course provided by the National Mathematics Centre, Abuja.
While attending Queens School, Governor Ugwuanyi also ordered the following ICT items for the state’s public secondary schools:
600 computers
600 computer tables
600 ups
60 generator sets
60 printers.
RECONSTRUCTION OF POLY CLINIC – ILUKWE STREET, ASATA, ENUGU
Poly Clinic -Ilukwe street, Asata, Enugu was reconstructed by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration.
But these are only a few of his creations. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the governor, still exudes the same passion for leadership that he did seven years ago, motivated by his conviction that governments exist to ensure the welfare of their citizens.
“Matching faith with the correct judgments and good work” entails allocating resources effectively to the advantage of the entire population, as the governor of Enugu State has shown. It also entails abandoning the antiquated practice of allocating an excessively large amount of budgets to recurrent expenses at the expense of capital expenditures. Even during the height of Covid-19, when many states scaled back their capital budgets due to the associated economic challenges of the pandemic, Enugu State has significantly revamped its infrastructure in the last seven years.
Making the people the center of government policy is not just a cliché for the cameras, according to Ugwuanyi. Even when it seems least convenient, it must be shown.
