Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
Professor Greg Ibe, the All Progressive Grand Alliance’s (APGA) candidate for governor of Abia State, has refuted claims that, as a result of his health issue, he is not physically able to handle the hassles and rigors of electioneering campaigns.
After opening campaign offices in Aba and Umuahia on Thursday, Professor Ibe spoke to reporters and asserted that, if elected, he was physically and medically qualified to lead the state.
The APGA governorship candidate recently returned from the United States, where he had been receiving medical care following a fall he had last year. He claimed to have recovered completely and was now back to assume control in 2023.
Professor Ibe claimed that out of concern for the wellbeing of the populace, he offered free medical and surgical outreach to Abians throughout the state while he was attending to his health issue abroad.
In order to provide the people with high-quality, reasonably priced healthcare, he pledged to revitalize all public hospitals and medical facilities in Abia.
“We have obtained statistics during the free medical outreach we performed that will assist us remedy the health problems of our people,” the statement reads.
Ibe, who lamented the lack of infrastructure in Aba, pledged to declare a state of emergency on the city’s infrastructure if elected.
The professor of entrepreneurship noted that “Enyimba City has become a ghost town” because of infrastructural decline and stated that “Aba is highly crucial to the existence of Abia State and South East economy.”
Ibe declared he was not coming to bring about poverty but rather to reconstruct the state and fulfill the goals of the forefathers.
“I’ve come back to retake control and restore the state.
“Until Aba is rebuilt, I’ll declare an emergency on its infrastructure. I shall create a state that the Abians can be proud of by paying attention to their desires.
Aba is currently a ghost town, but I’ll do everything in my power to rebuild it so that it becomes a major city in Nigeria.
” I will build new Umuahia and give it a befitting look as a state capital. I have come to salvage Abia and not to steal.
On how the chairmanship tussle rocking the state chapter of the party would impact on his chances, the governorship hopeful said the party had “no crisis”.
He added that ” if at all there is crisis, God has recruited men like Abaribe, myself and others to deal with any crisis”.
Professor Ibe said that “APGA is intact under the leadership of Rev. Augustine Ehiemere” as the authentic Chairman of the party.
In a remark, former Senate Minority Leader and the senatorial candidate for Abia South, Chief Enyinnaya Abaribe, said that APGA had come to take over the state to provide the right leadership for the good of all.
The “period of election manipulation or sitting in a room to write results is over,” he claimed, citing the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, or BVAS.
In order to eliminate terrible governance in the state of Abia in 2023, Senator Abaribe asked citizens to arm themselves with their voter’s card.
Speaking at the occasion, APGA Chairman Rev. Ehiemere claimed that Ibe’s selection as the party’s nominee had sparked an irresistible political movement that would put an end to corrupt administration and install trustworthy leaders in the state.
While pleading for support for all APGA candidates, he claimed that Ibe possessed the authority, capability, and international relationships necessary to fix Abia.
