The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Wednesday, said that his primary focus for the next four years would be consolidating on the gains so far recorded by his administration during his first term in office.
He assured that all ongoing projects scattered in parts of the state which were embarked upon by his government during his first term, would be completed.
Ikpeazu, who gave the assurance in his inaugural speech shortly after he was sworn in as Abia state governor for a second term by Chief Judge of the State, Justice K. O. Ogwe, held in Umuahia Township Stadium, said his administration was poised to creating job opportunities for the teaming Abia youths so as to enable them be self-sufficient.
Parts of the inaugural address read, “Beloved Abians, it is with a high sense of responsibility that I am therefore rededicating my services to you all my employers. And I stand here to pledge that I am ready to do more and I shall give my best to the service of this state. We have taken note of areas we fell short and ran an internal review of our processes with a view towards adjusting our systems to deliver better quality of service. We have noted areas we got it wrong and we are committed to make amends.
“We will continue to run on our 5 Pillars of Development and their Enablers and they will remain our guiding principle for our policy formulations and plans going forward. Let me also pledge that we will complete all projects that we started before our tenure ends in addition to all the new projects we are determined to execute this 2nd term.
“We will touch places we are yet to touch and directly or indirectly, substantial communities in Abia State will feel the presence of our administration before the end of our 2nd tenure.
“Abia State has become a better corporate citizen in the comity of States. We are now respected and appreciated as the SME Capital of Nigeria and even beyond as we have taken our advocacy to other African and Western Countries and they have all taken note. The World bank is collaborating with Abia State in the area of Water, Sanitation and Rural Infrastructure. This added impetus will begin to yield fruits before the end of 2019 and our people will be better for it. Even in Foreign Direct Investments, Aba and Abia State is the new prime destination”.
Recall that DAILY POST had reported that Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared the winner of the 2019 gubernatorial election in Abia State.
Ikpeazu polled the total number of 261,127 votes to defeat Uche Ogah of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
He was declared winner by the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba.
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