The Governorship Candidate of Labour Party LP, in Ebonyi state, Architect Edward Nkwegu,
said his agenda would guarantee economic transformation in Ebonyi, with bold enablers through rapid industrialization of the state.
"I'm going to create 13,000 micro small and medium enterprises in two years in Ebonyi State, and that will give us indirect employment of about 250, 000 persons in our state," Nkwegu hinted.
He added, "We will ensure infrastructural enhancement, provision of basic amenities to our people both in the urban and rural communities, first will be reticulation of pipe borne water across our state."
He expressed confidence that with the industrialization of the state, problems of the unemployment in Ebonyi would be solved.
He pledged to introduce mechanized agriculture to encourage youths and women to involve themselves in agriculture practices, "because what we use before are outdated, and we need to improve on agriculture by introducing modern techniques."
Nkwegu assured of embarking on mineral exploration and development in Ebonyi, which in his words, will be having direct positive impacts on the economy of the state.
"These are things that will happen in our economic transformation agenda. In the civic program, we are going to look at education. In the education sector, there will be access to infrastructure, curriculum reformation and relevance in such a way that what our people study in our schools should be relevant in the contemporary society and under my watch, If I emerge Ebonyi State governor in 2023, there will quality health care and delivery, and also the empowerment of the youth, women vulnerable people."
Recall that Arc Nkwegu had earlier described the President Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as the most credible and competent among the contenders for the apex seat in the country, urging Ebonyi people to continue throwing their weight behind the Labour Party candidates in the state.
These, he said on Friday when a civil society Action Group endorsed him and other labour party candidates in the 2023 general election.
Other speakers at the event included the Ebonyi Central Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Amb Lawrence Nwuruku, the party's candidate for Ebonyi/Ohaukwu Federal Constituency, Prince Chibueze "Ndubuisi Agbo, the State Coordinator of Peter Obi support group, Chief John Agha, the State Women Leader of the Civil Society Action Group, etc; upheld that the victory of the Labour Party Candidates in the state in 2023 would be a landslide one in considering their characters, competence, capacity and antecedents.
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