The country's former Minister of Interior and governorship candidate
for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho
has said that one of the ways to solve the high rate of unemployment
in Imo State is for the state government to create value and have a
good industrialization policy which will attract industries to the
state.
The former minister made this remark while addressing the people of
Avuvu ward at Central School Avuvu in Ikeduru Local Government Area of
Imo State.
The former minister who took his campaign to the place among other
things, said that since 1999, Imo state had had leaders who only go to
Abuja, collect money from the Federation Account and appropriate.
'Many people are vying to become governor of Imo State because there
is no task before a governor here. Assuming our so called leaders are
faced with the situation faced by leaders in some countries in South
East Asia where there is no federal money to share; where a leader
will task his brain to make his people survive, will they present
themselves for leadership? Therefore, collecting money from Abuja and
sharing in the state is not a true test of governance. Worst of it is
the immunity clause in our law that prevents these leaders from being
prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds while in office. I want it
abolished.
He however, opined that the state needed a conducive environment for
industries to flourish stating that the labour for the industries
would invariably provide employment for our unemployed youths.
Speaking further, the Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Shipping Line
and Integrated Oil and Gas Limited said that the present government in
Imo State had done a lot of things but what it has done has not added
value to the development of the state and better life for its
inhabitants.
'....Good and visionary governance should have a practical, verifiable
and workable programme that will be able to link to development. For
example, if a roundabout, free education or building is provided by
government, people should understand how and when those things can
create jobs or add value to the state...'.
On the 2015 general election, Capt. Ihenacho said that the 2011
election in Imo State was only a demonstration that people's voices
must count in the election of leaders. However, he said that the 2015
version would be a different ball game wherein people would improve on
what happened in 2011 by refining democracy further to produce honest,
visionary and experienced leaders who would have the solution to the
problems confronting the state.
Therefore the Emekuku Owerri-born international mariner advised the
people to use the opportunity of the extension of the election dates
to collect their Permanent Voters' Card.
WHO IS CAPTAIN EMMA IHENACHO?
The part to greatness begins with a realization that one can do it.
This is akin to the experience of the former Minister of Interior,
Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, who is currently a governorship candidate
under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Imo
State. Recently, the business mogul expanded his business frontiers by
acquiring six new aircrafts for leasU to an oil company in Nigeria.
For sure, his resume teems with lofty heights.. Recalling his past
attainments with nostalgia, Captain Ihenacho, not very long ago, told
journalists in Owerri his dogged life that saw him competing to be the
best everywhere he has found himself. Below is the excerpt.
How was your growing up?
My growing up was like that of any young person who grew up in Nigeria
in the early 1960s. I was born in Apapa, Lagos 62 years ago and I grew
up there. I have been living in proximity to the sea and ocean for a
long time and it wasn't a surprise that I ended up having a career at
sea.
When I left secondary school, I got the first job as a clerk in the
Flour Mills, Apapa. In those days, it was so easy to get a job unlike
what young people are now experiencing. I recall that I got a job as a
clerk the first day I went to Flour Mills and in the afternoon of the
same day, I decided to go down to Lagos to see what was available on
that side. I went to Customs head office and got another job the same
day as Customs Officer. Eventually, I had to drop the option of
working in Flour Mill to work as a Customs Officer. That was how easy
it was for young people getting jobs then.
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