WRITTEN BY BASIL OKECHUKWU
An independent research group, recently, conducted an opinion poll on the Anambra State gubernatorial election coming up on November 18.

According to the poll, the incumbent governor, Chief Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would win the election with a landslide. According to the study, Oseloka Obaze of PDP polled 25%, Obiano 50%, Chief Osita Chidoka of the United Progressives Party (UPP) 5%, Dr. Tony Nwoye of the APC 15%, while Mr. Godwin Ezeemo of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and other candidates, together polled 5%.
The study shows that there are factors going for Governor Obiano and which are responsible for his high and impressive rating by the polling research respondents. The Obiano government has made Anambra to be reckoned as number one among the 36 States of Nigeria in food security. Today, the state has started exporting some farm produce, including vegetables, to other countries. For a long time, the people of Anambra State abandoned agriculture and have been deep-neck in trading activities.
In security is where the governor recorded the greatest rating. In this area, Obiano is being praised to the high heavens. Onitsha used to be a no-go- area in terms of insecurity, armed robbery, kidnapping and ritual murder. Today, it is a different sing-song. The glory of the commercial town has come back. What Obiano did at Onitsha is a miracle and many Nigerians, from far and wide, have lauded his efforts in this regard.
Obiano’s government is known for paying workers of the state promptly. This is no mean achievement in this era of economic down turn where many states owe their workers between three and fifteen months’ salaries. Equally, Governor Obiano promised to increase the allocation of funds to every community in the state from twenty million to fifty Million naira under the Choose-Your-Project-Funds in his second tenure. Many respondents during the poll said they would vote for Willie Obiano as a result of these community development strides.
Another factor going for Obiano is that his government has relied on hired professionals in the execution of all of its projects rather than the use of touts. The use of professionals of proven integrity has equally resulted in the increase of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). In addition, Obiano is widely believed to be a man of uncommon honesty. Many people believe that quality leadership trait in him has paid off in the area of delivery of high-quality roads and other infrastructural facilities.
Obiano’s transformation of the educational sector has also produced results. WAEC analysis of students with 5 credit passes at the Senior School Certificate Examination has shown that students of Anambra State who obtained up to five credit passes were 60% in 2013. This impressive performance has continued to be on the increase leading to 75% in 2017. It is the Obiano educational reform that made Anambra State produce the Best teacher in Nigeria.
Thus, Ndi Anambra do not want to leave the state to a new set of administrators with new hands and new heads. In addition to this is the necessity to continue with the economic master plan of the Obiano Administration which has the potential of transforming the state into an economic-cum-industrial giant within the next four years.
The Obiano Administration has equally provided many communities with street lighting system. This has helped to reduce crime in the areas. This has never happened before. Nonetheless, the election will be keenly contested, according to the study.

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