The Labour Party(LP) in Anambra State?has given a rising hope to the citizens to use the opportunity of the?Nov 16,2013?governorship election to arrest the mounting infrastructure decay and collapse in the state due to lack of maintenance, by voting its candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah.
This was stated by the chairman of the party in the state, Chief Sam Oraegbunam in an interview with the journalists in Awka yesterday while reacting on the reported collapse of a colonial drainage channel located at the end of Old Market Road/beginning of Bright Street Onitsha yesterday.
Chief Oraegbunam noted that his party’s governorship candidate, Dr Ubah, has painstakingly enumerated his main areas of immediate attention when elected;’that included the maintenance and development of public infrastructure. He said that under a LP government in the state no aspect of the state’s existing or new infrastructure would be allowed to collapse, including buildings, roads, drainages and bridges.
When contacted, Dr Ubah noted that in order to develop the public infrastructure so needed in the state, that he ensure a qualitative and reliable power supply through the establishment of an Independent Power Plant to provide the energy capacity to meet the needs of the state.
“I will ensure that every part of the state is progressively linked to the national, implement a waste management and environmental beautification programme.
“I also plan to carry out an affordable housing programme by strengthening the state Housing Corporation, revive the water corporation to commence provision of drinkable public water; implement a comprehensive plan for the construction and maintenance of urban and rural roads.”, Ubah disclosed.
He also intend to use the River Niger and its tributaries for water transportation to ease the movement of people and goods in and out of Anambra state, while an intra-state transport system to encourage easy access within cities and towns in and around the state environs.
?From Chuks Collins, Awka
