UYO — Mr. James Iniama, a governorship hopeful in Akwa Ibom under the platform of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed eagerness ahead of the party’s primary.
Iniama spoke with journalists in his residence in Ewet Housing in Uyo on Tuesday.
He said while waiting for the announcement of the timetable, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he remained focused and deaf to distractions.
He said that his aspiration was to meet the needs of approximately 8 million Akwa Ibom people if he becomes the governor come 2023.
Iniama, however, cautioned the people against mortgaging their future with money, saying that politics premised on money was nothing but a business with the financier.
He noted that his ambition to take over the leadership was to ensure the people were pushed to a brighter future.
Iniama promised to look critically into human capital development which he said had remained the major area of utmost importance.
“There should be voter education across the country.
“Electorate should understand that a politician coming to shower them with money in an election is bargaining for the elective position and after the transaction, they will end up seeing no improvement in governance.
“My priority is to engage in human capital development. We will develop entrepreneurship. It would interest you to know that right from time, Akwa Ibom was not a civil service but a business-driven state,” he said.
Iniama, a surveyor, added that his government would need to prepare an infrastructural road map that would emphasise rural development to decongest urban areas.
He also said his government would give serious attention to quality education without lip service, adding that there was so much work to be done in that area.
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