Barth Nwibe joins race for Anambra governorship race, says Soludo failed people's expectations
PAMELA EBOH
Anambra born businessman,Chief Barth Nwibe, over the weekend declared his intention to run for Anambra State governorship election coming up in 2025 on the platform of the Labour Party (LP).
Nwibe who made the declaration when he addressed political stakeholders in Anambra Central Senatorial District in Awka Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area on Sunday, said he joined the race to be able to address the leadership failure in the state.
According to him, Anambra State needs a humble leader who would listen to his people and not an all-knowing individual that does not pay attention to the feelings of the masses.
He said, "I want to tell you that I am running for Anambra governorship and I want your support, there is a need for us to reorganise our society.
“We need security here, our youths can not live and work here because there are no jobs.
"If my brother, the governor is doing well, I would not have aspired, we expected so much but unfortunately we are seeing so little. That is why I am offering myself for a term of four years."
Nwibe, a notable politician in the state observrd that the statecraft had collapsed due to insecurity, high youth unemployment, collapse of businesses, and absence of vision for strategic development.
He stressed that Anambra has a rich deposit of natural gas which could be harnessed for industrialisation purpose.
While regretting that the current Administration og Governor Soludo is not doing anything to activate the natural gas deposit the state is endowed with, he faulted the system where the governor determines who should be the traditional ruler, president general, kindred heads, and market associations, saying, "all these things have been politicised."