ENUGU-All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr. Frank Nweke Jr, has said that the State is great in potential, but lack of good leadership system is a major obstacle impeding its road to success.
Nweke, stated this recently at a town hall meeting with the business community in Enugu.
He said proactive steps must be taken by the people to save the state from drifting to the potential abyss of a failed state.
Nweke, a onetime Information Minister, said that it was time people took back the state and voted individuals with the capability to transform it.
“With the right leadership, we can leverage on the rich potentials in Enugu State to bring transformational leadership and make life better for our people,” the APGA gubernatorial candidate remarked.
Nweke jr, also a former Director-General of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, said the 2023 general election was another good opportunity for the citizens to elect who had shown great passion to serve, insisting that if they failed to act fast, development might continue to elude the state.
He said, his administration would focus on creating wealth and harnessing the state comparative advantage towards enabling the people and their businesses to thrive well.
“One thing we will focus significantly is the issue of Economic Transformation, we will make a conscious departure from the politics of managing poverty to creating wealth, we will change the ideology,” he said.
Speaking on the geographical advantages Enugu poses to succeed economically, Nweke said, all that is needed to harness them is a leadership characterized with vision and direction.
On the goal of his administration to ease ways of doing business if elected, the former Minister of Information acknowledged access to land, saying it was difficult to access landed property in the state.
On taxation, the APGA governorship candidate promised to simplify the system through digitization while further revealing that his leadership would curb the unlawful and unnecessary harassment of small scale traders in the state.
“We are going to work with the state board of internal revenue to digitize the taxation system in the state. we are going to expand it, make it more open and more transparent.
“We know about the multiplicity of taxation and levies administered by multiple agencies, am I lying? There is no way business can strive under such circumstances,” Nweke insisted.
He vowed to restore trust in government and block all leakages in expenditure, as well as strengthen the judiciary, and improve the conditions of service of the judges.
He declared that his administration would have no tolerance for corruption and corrupt practices, assuring that public resources would be used for public good.
The APGA governorship-hopeful said he anchored his manifesto on what he termed ‘Seven Key Thrusts for Reigniting the Coal City state.’
