Placing Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State in Court, Posterity, by Louis Amoke
He became governor of Enugu State in 2015 when the Enugu stock market depleted and the Nigerian economy was in recession as federal allowances fell to historic lows down - a major setback his predecessor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, acknowledged during a Mass of Thanksgiving to commemorate the end of his administration.
His administration was receiving less than 30% of the federal allocations the previous administration had received due to the country's economic downturn caused by falling oil prices on the international market.
Despite this he was current in paying the new minimum wage of N30,000 and its consequential adjustment to state officials - a huge burden on scarce state resources.
At the height of the national economic recession between 2015 and 2016, he was able to pay workers' wages when 27 states in the federation could not pay, let alone embark on construction projects. capital assets, while state governors resorted to bailout funds unlike their predecessors who had access to crude oil funds that enabled them to execute capital projects.
He is the only Governor in the history of Enugu State to have witnessed two national economic recessions within five years of his administration, and has also witnessed the unnerving protests # EndSARS, the novel COVID-19 pandemic, security concerns, among others, which has resulted in major setbacks in actualizing his lofty visions for the state as contained in his well-stated four-part program (manifest) points of continuity and unfailing consolidation.
With Enugu State's huge monthly payroll to serve despite the state's limited resources following the status of its capital, Enugu, as the historic capital of southern Nigeria , Eastern Region, East Central State, Former Anambra State, Former Enugu State and Present Enugu State, his administration has dutifully pledged to pay a large number of retired pensioners from other states from the South East who served the former states with Enugu as their capital and are still receiving their monthly pensions and other retirement benefits. from the government coffers of Enugu State. What a huge financial obligation eating away at the meager resources of the state!
He is the first Governor of Enugu State since 1999 to lead the state on the platform of a political party (People's Democratic Party, PDP) which opposes the party politics at the national level (All Progressives Congress, APC). What a clear disadvantage, vis-à-vis the setback in terms of patronage and considerations of the federal government.
As per his inaugural address in 2015, his administration championed an unprecedented rural development campaign, focusing development more in rural communities than in urban areas to strike a balance and give people rural areas, who are also bona fide citizens of Enugu state but have so far been neglected for a long time, a sense of belonging.
Still true to his promises in his inaugural address to pay special attention to...
He became governor of Enugu State in 2015 when the Enugu stock market depleted and the Nigerian economy was in recession as federal allowances fell to historic lows down - a major setback his predecessor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, acknowledged during a Mass of Thanksgiving to commemorate the end of his administration.
His administration was receiving less than 30% of the federal allocations the previous administration had received due to the country's economic downturn caused by falling oil prices on the international market.
Despite this he was current in paying the new minimum wage of N30,000 and its consequential adjustment to state officials - a huge burden on scarce state resources.
At the height of the national economic recession between 2015 and 2016, he was able to pay workers' wages when 27 states in the federation could not pay, let alone embark on construction projects. capital assets, while state governors resorted to bailout funds unlike their predecessors who had access to crude oil funds that enabled them to execute capital projects.
He is the only Governor in the history of Enugu State to have witnessed two national economic recessions within five years of his administration, and has also witnessed the unnerving protests # EndSARS, the novel COVID-19 pandemic, security concerns, among others, which has resulted in major setbacks in actualizing his lofty visions for the state as contained in his well-stated four-part program (manifest) points of continuity and unfailing consolidation.
With Enugu State's huge monthly payroll to serve despite the state's limited resources following the status of its capital, Enugu, as the historic capital of southern Nigeria , Eastern Region, East Central State, Former Anambra State, Former Enugu State and Present Enugu State, his administration has dutifully pledged to pay a large number of retired pensioners from other states from the South East who served the former states with Enugu as their capital and are still receiving their monthly pensions and other retirement benefits. from the government coffers of Enugu State. What a huge financial obligation eating away at the meager resources of the state!
He is the first Governor of Enugu State since 1999 to lead the state on the platform of a political party (People's Democratic Party, PDP) which opposes the party politics at the national level (All Progressives Congress, APC). What a clear disadvantage, vis-à-vis the setback in terms of patronage and considerations of the federal government.
As per his inaugural address in 2015, his administration championed an unprecedented rural development campaign, focusing development more in rural communities than in urban areas to strike a balance and give people rural areas, who are also bona fide citizens of Enugu state but have so far been neglected for a long time, a sense of belonging.
Still true to his promises in his inaugural address to pay special attention to...
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