*Dismisses insinuations that Ugwuanyi plots to defec to APC
By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Marcel Nna, has commended the governor of Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for taking government closer to the people through the sustainance of Development Centers, saying that he is the only governor that strives to restore the fortunes of PDP.
The PDP Chieftain in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday dismissed rumors in some quarters that the governor is in secret talk with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and may abandon the umbrella.
“His Excellency is a man of the people and he runs an open door policy. His disposition towards peoples plight will show you in clear terms that he acts without prejudice.
“If a man can act without prejudice, then I don’t think that anybody can fault him.
“It is only him that can turn around all the afflicting situations of PDP in any state. Watch out the PDP congresses he organised outside Enugu State how it turned.
“He is the only governor you can call at any time and you will get him on phone, he doesn’t discriminate.
“Going through the trajectory of those governors decamping from PDP to APC, you will see that their acts never brought any goodies to their states.
“All those that decamped from PDP will find their way back to PDP” he said.
Prince Nna who was commenting on the reappointment of Administrators of the 68 Development Centres in the state, said the governor understands fully the principle of separation of powers and is in a hurry to get development closer to the people, hence creation and sustenance of the Development Centres.
The PDP chieftain said the centres are key to bring governance closer to the people.
“If you look at the administrative style of the governor, you will agree with me that he understands when to politic and when to govern.
“He is someone that understands the importance of separation of powers and he has always maintained that not just when he came into office as the governor of Enugu State, but it was also part of his anticidents when he was in the National Assembly.
“He is mindful of what he is bringing onboard for the people and at the same time mindful of the other components of governance he is bringing in.
“He fully understands, and rightly so, that Development Centers are much closer to the grassroots, to the people that elected him.
“He understands the ramifications between Local Governments and Development Centres” Nnah said.
Prince Nnah expressed optimism that Governor Ugwuanyi will support the Development Areas despite the lean resources accruing to the state.
He said: “You know what the country faces in 2015 when he was elected, absolute recession, Ugwuanyi defied it.
“So ,if he can do such magic at such a time, you will see how prudently he will utilize what is available to the state at the moment inorder to give the administrators the full financial backing to develop the grassroots.
“He knows that what is accruing to the state is meager, in as much as the federation allocation system is concerned. So if such a prudent and humble manager like Gov. Ugwuanyi understood this in 2015, I want to assure you that payment of salary to civil servants and retirees are what he accords priority to his government irrespective of the situation the state finds itself in.
“He understands that for human beings, food on the table is more important than construction of roads and other things.
“But he is carrying our both demands side-by-side without allowing one to overweigh the other.
“So, crises management in the finances of the state is well harnessed by him which is why the people live him and above all, he is a man of peace”.
