APC ‘ll form next govt in Abia –Okorocha

The governor of Imo State, Ow­elle Rochas Okorocha has said during a rally in Aba, that the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) party would form the next govern­ment in Abia state come 2015.

This is even as the po­lice made spirited efforts to stop the rally party faith­ful described as operation sweep out the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) which they said would herald APC take over of power in the state in 2015.
Okorocha, a guest speak­er at the rally lamented the deplorable state of infra­structure in the state which he blamed on the PDP led administration and said APC was going to correct such anomalies in 2015.
“Look at how every­where is, they will tell you there is no money, it was not until I came into government I knew there is much money in govern­ment. Come to Imo State and see how we have been able to transform our cit­ies in three and half years. What the PDP does in the states they control is to share the money.
“They also tell you there is no money to provide quality education to their people, but in Imo state, apart from making educa­tion free at all levels, we equally provide pupils and students with things that make them comfortable. The only thing we don’t give now is underwear and that will be made available by December.”
According to Okorocha, “APC is not only going to be the solution to the prob­lems of Abia State alone in 2015, but to the country at large,” stressing that the worst candidate in APC is better than the best PDP candidate.
On his presidential as­pirations, the presidential hopeful said that he was in the race to represent the interest of the Igbo who ac­cording to him have been relegated behind in the scheme of things in the country.
Okorocha who listed the absence of an Igbo repre­sentative in some of the key sensitive positions in the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration said it was an intentional act by the PDP leadership to sideline the Igbo and make them ir­relevant.
On the insinuations that the party is anti-Igbo, the governor of Imo State said “You should ignore the insinuations that APC is a non Igbo party. If that is the case why do personali­ties like l, Ogbonaya Onu, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, Senator Osita Izu­naso among others are in the party? I was the per­son that gave the party its name. APC is a party for a new Nigeria. It is for the good of the Igbos. PDP has made enough mockery of the Igbo man. All of us are witnesses to how PDP messed Igbo man up to the point that no Igbo is hold­ing any strategic position both in the party and gov­ernment.
“There is no hope for the Igbo man in PDP. Any Igbo man in PDP is there for his personal aggrandizement and not for the interest of our people. PDP govern­ment has nothing to show for in the last eight years. I am going there as a presi­dential aspirant to repre­sent the interest of the Igbo community,” he assured.