Youths of Adaba Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area recently vowed to retire all candidates of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) contesting in the 2023 elections in the area.
The youths also chided Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for failing to keep to his promises to Adaba and its surrounding communities in Uzo-Uwani.
The leader of the youths and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Engr. Chimezie Agu, stated this when the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Mr. Frank Nweke Jr visited them.
According to him, PDP government in the state has failed to keep to their promises to Adaba and its surrounding communities in Uzo-Uwani, hence the decision to throw their weight behind the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in the coming elections.
Mr. Agu listed agricultural equipment and other inputs, a functional market and good roads as the pressing needs of the people acknowledging their overwhelming support for Nweke and APGA.
Responding, Mr. Frank Nweke Jr, reiterated his commitment to leverage the agricultural advantage of the region to foster economic transformation.
He assured the people of Adaba Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area that their needs would come tops in his priority list if elected in 2023.
Nweke vowed to resolve the terror of herdsmen attacks, ensuring that itinerant farmers return to their trade without fear.
They would also be provided with extension services through Agricultural Innovation Centers set up across the State.
“We will help you to set up agricultural co-operatives and work through these to widen access to factors of production such as capital, capacity building, equipment, land, seedlings for rural farmers, people transitioning from the civil service and a new generation of agro-food entrepreneurs.
“We will also revive the era of farming estates and attract large scale farmers in order to open up the entire Uzo-Uwani to accelerate development.
These settlements will have all the needed infrastructure needed to live comfortably such as good roads, water, healthcare, schools, markets and more. This will speed up rural development and reduce congestion in the major cities”
Nweke also said the community’s broken down roads will receive priority attention under his administration’s Strategic Road Construction and Rehabilitation Programme, noting its importance for the transportation of agricultural produce from the farms to markets.
