Imo governorship not family affair – Oshiomhole

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Mr Adams Oshiomhole , has condemned nepotism in the government of Imo State.Oshiomhole , who spoke at the just concluded rally to launch the APC campaign in the state , said the party’ s governorship candidate , Sen . Hope Uzodinma , would return Imo to the people and bring an end to government by a single family .

The incumbent governor , Mr Rochas Okorocha , and the state Chairman of the APC , Mr Dan Nwafor , were absent from the rally .

Oshiomhole stated that the days were gone when a governor would look at the faces of his people and say there was no money to do other things besides pay those who were working for the government.

He said , “ When you elect Senator Hope , appointment into government will be based on merit , not family connection .

“ I ’ m assuring you that we have a governorship candidate , whose purpose is to develop and bring prosperity to the Igbo young man , the Owerri young woman , the carpenter , the mechanic and , above all , my own comrades , the civil servants of Imo State who don’ t know any longer what a payday looks like .

“ When we talk of happiness , we will not domesticate it in the hands of a sister . The happiness of the great people of Imo State will be the primary purpose of government under Sen . Hope Uzodinma , ” he said .
According to the APC chairman, due process will be the basis for constructing buildings and building roads .

“ One contract will not be awarded to three people . If it must be awarded , it will not be awarded to in – laws . It will be awarded to the genuine businessmen and women of Imo State.

“ Never again will any of your governors look at your ( traditional ) leaders and abuse them because democracy is about people .

“ Never again shall we govern on the basis of family connections . Whether you know somebody or you don’ t , whether you marry from me or I don’ t marry from you , that shall not be the basis for winning the next election , ” he said .

Oshiomhole assured families with breadwinners and pensioners who had not been paid for six to nine months that “ the bailout , which President Muhammadu Buhari had given governors , including the governor of Imo State, and was not used for that purpose , will be retrieved and our pensioners will smile again. ”

He added , “ Let me also say without fear of contradiction that those who are printing posters and putting President Buhari’ s face on it with their face and logo because their face and party are unknown — those ones are fake .

“ President Buhari has the APC as his party. He is our presidential candidate . He has adopted Sen . Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate . ”

Earlier , Uzodinma assured the APC chairman that , at the end of the day , the party would be vindicated.

“ We are not going to disappoint the people of Imo and we ’ ll have victory , five over five . I promise, in the name of the almighty God , it shall never be the same again. The Egyptians you are seeing today , you shall see no more , ” he said 

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