A governorship aspirant in Abia State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Dr. Samson Orji also known as SCOURJ has said if elected governor of the state in 2023, he will reduce the long convoy most state governors travel on.
According to him, this leads to waste of resources, adding that he will also not have a battalion of soldiers to guard him as he will be good to the people.
The former Commissioner stated this in an interview with Vanguard newspaper recently in Umuahia, adding that he will take a cue from what former governor Peter Obi of Anambra State did and save resources in the state.
He said, “I am going to cut down the long convoy that governors go by. They are unnecessary waste. If you are a good Governor nobody will like to kill you. The masses will stand against anyone who wants to throw a stone at you.
“If you are good to the people you don’t need a battalion of soldiers as police to protect you. Peter Obi did it as governor of Anambra state.
“I remember one day I was traveling and I was standing in a line behind Peter Obi to board a plane in Abuja. He was travelling alone without an aide.He was carrying his bag. Why can’t I replicate that in Abia State.”
He also pledged to rebuild Aba and make it the economic hub of the state by providing infrastructure and social amenities to aid commercial activities.
“I will open up all the spaces in Aba for investment to flow in. I will constitute Elders Council that will be peopled by men of veritable quality who have all it takes to reach and engage the Presidency to fix the federal roads in the state. They will be a pressure group exploring their rich contacts to pull the Federal Government to play its part in developing Abia. It’s the federal government that has the resources to tackle some of the federal roads in Aba but besides that, we shall tackle what we should.
“We will enter the markets in Aba and make sure every Kobo collected as levies in the markets are deployed in rebuilding the markets. We will use it to provide access roads to the markets and the necessary amenities for traders and visitors.
“I will make Aba the center of commencing once again this region. People were coming from the North, Cameroon and far places to Aba. I will restore the glory of Aba. When you fix Aba you would have fixed Abia State just like the saying that: You take care of the pennies, the pounds will gather itself.”
