Public affairs analyst Pascal Oluchukwu has disagreed with claims by Ebonyi State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Oguzor Nwali, that Governor Francis Nwifuru deserves re-election in 2027.
Oluchukwu argued that the administration had not delivered sufficient developmental projects to justify a second term, stating this in a statement issued on Thursday.
The commissioner had earlier cited ongoing projects under the Nwifuru administration as evidence of performance deserving of renewed mandate. However, Oluchukwu dismissed the claims and challenged officials to provide verifiable details of completed projects.
According to him, several major infrastructure projects have not met expectations, adding that some have deteriorated significantly.
“From the Vanco flyover and tunnel that has since turned into a large swimming pool in this rainy season to the ICT University in Oferekpe Agbaja that has only partially completed staff quarters and then to the litany of uncompleted modern civil servant staff quarters and schools littered across the state, the story is the same: Nwifuru, who now receives more allocations, has done absolutely nothing to justify the huge billions of money he gets from the center.
“Worse still, he and his large coterie of looting appointees feel greatly entitled to a second term in office without any records of achievements in the first. As a matter of fact and concern, APC’s 4+4=8 signpost projects have become the only visible sign that there’s a government in Ebonyi State,” he stated.
He further maintained that the current administration has been characterized by a high number of uncompleted and abandoned projects despite increased federal allocations over the past three years.
