WRITTEN BY EGBUNA AMUTA
Recently, some political elements instigated rumours to the effect that the Anambra state government was planning to proscribe the operations of commercial tricycles,
commonly known as “Keke”. These mischievous persons had even gone to the extent of inciting some Keke operators to engage in senseless demonstrations against the phantom ban. Happily, majority of the commercial tricyclists were wiser than their instigators, hence their blunt refusal to be manipulated into getting involved in the protest.
Disappointed that their shenanigan had failed woefully, the mischief makers resorted to premature congratulations to the federal government for a yet to be released forty-three billion naira debts it had, over the years, owed Anambra government for the reconstruction of federal roads in the state.
The debt, which was actually estimated at forty-seven billion naira, has been negotiated down to forty-three billion naira by officials of the federal and Anambra state governments. Notwithstanding that a dime is yet to be refunded to the state government, the malicious politicians went public, sending an embarrassing “thank you message” to the federal government for a yet to be fulfilled obligation it owes Ndi Anambra.
For perceptive persons, the antics of these badly behaved politicians are wickedly aimed at scoring cheap political points. They also wanted to take undeserved credit for what they did not make any effort to actualize. Their irascible behaviour was obviously motivated by the 2019 general elections.
However, they are most unlikely to succeed in fobbing off Ndi Anambra, who are politically conscious enough to know the truth. Having experienced governance by different political parties since the commencement of this Fourth Republic from 1999, the Anambra citizenry have, on their own volition, decided to settle for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
Since 2006, governments enthroned in the state by APGA have acquitted themselves creditably. They have undoubtedly provided good governance and delivered verifiable democracy dividends.
It is against this background that Ndi Anambra have pitched their tent with APGA, which they regard as their own. Little wonder they often refer to the party as; “Nkea bu Nke Anyi”. Consequently, any desperate attempt by anybody to engage in crass propaganda against APGA and its government in Anambra is an exercise in futility.
The political desperados who concocted the Keke ban boggy are therefore wasting their time. Also, their ill advised effort to claim that the federal government has released its forty-three billion naira debt to the Obiano administration is not only unbelievable but also foolhardy.
The true position can easily be verified from the website of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Debt Management Office, DMO, both in Abuja. As a matter of fact, the blatant lies, propagated by opponents of the Obiano administration fell flat on their faces. Ndi Anambra could not believe such arrant nonsense.
Indeed, peddlers of these lies only succeeded in embarrassing and making mockery of themselves. They have further become unpopular and unacceptable to Ndi Anambra, a people who overwhelmingly appreciate and support the good works of Governor Willie Obiano (Akpokuedike Ndigbo).
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