Anambra State governor, Willy Obiano, has disclosed in an interview with LEADERSHIP, that Igbos particularly those in Anambra State, love president Muhammadu Buhari so much, contrary to claims being circulated in the media. He said the president has done so much for his State, for which the people appreciate.
Obiano made the statement in response to question on whether or not, the Southeast resent the president for not caring about the region.
He said, That’s not true. In Anambra, we love the president very much. The president has been doing well, he’s building 2nd Niger Bridge. You think it’s very easy to build 2nd Niger Bridge? And I just told you that he was the fellow that did Enugu-Onitsha expressway when he was chairman of PTF and now, he’s the president fixing the road. The, he built Zik Masoleum. You know you can’t talk about Nigeria without mentioning Zik. He built a befitting resting place for him. So, we love him in Anambra state."
On why he visited the President, he replied, "I come once in while to brief Mr. President on the developments we are having in Anambra state and we do have a lot of beautiful developments. We also have some that bothered me to come right now, which is the flood.
"Four of my local government areas, that is four out of 21 are under water now as we speak because of this flood and it affected a lot of things, properties which include farm produce and what have you. So, I called on Mr. President to assist us at this very crucial time being a COVID-19 time and now, the flood we are experiencing this time around is like 2012, which is terrible.
"So, he promised to do something immediately. I did also apprised him on the progress so far made on the 2nd Niger Bridge. If you watch from their side, you will see that almost half of that bridge has been done. But because the water level is very high, the contractor working on that bridge requires some equipment which they’ve already purchased long ago sitting in Germany and requires some support from Central Bank to be able to bring in those equipment. I did mention that to him and the President noted that and said he will do something about that.
Pressed further on his discussion with the president, he said, "I touched on so many things, I don’t have to tell you everything. You know he’s a father. So, we discussed some family issues. But beyond that, it was a pleasant outing with him this evening.
"We did discuss some other roads, federal roads that are in very bad shape, about six of them and I requested Mr. President to see if they can go into their budget as they are preparing for the budget of next year, to see whether those roads can go into their budget.
"I did also talk to him that work has slowed down almost to zero on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. I understand there are little issues, I don’t know what it is but he also promised to look into that.
"Mr. President is doing well in Anambra. You know he built the Zik Masoleum that took 23 years to build, the road he’s working on, the Onitsha-Enugu expressway, he finished that road as PTF chairman and he came back as president to come and fix that road again. So, that’s an important thing to remember that he did it before and he is the fellow doing it again. And of course, we parleyed."