BY ANAYO OKOLI
UMUAHIA—Igbo youths,under the auspices of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, an umbrella body of 22 Igbo youth organisations, have called President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfill the promise he allegedly made to empower them during his 2011 Presidential campaigns.
The group, an amalgam of 22 Igbo youth organisations, urged the President to accord them same level of empowerment given their counterparts in the Niger Delta.
Speaking through the organising secretary, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the OYC also appealed to President to fix the roads in the South East zone.
“If he refuses to fulfill his promises, we will give him his scorecard by the first quarter of next year.
“He should empower us. He should ensure that our roads in the South-East are in order,” it said.
The group also carried out a comprehensive assessment of the five governors of the South East states and came to the conclusion that Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, emerged the overnor of the year for 2013 in the zone.
According to the group, Orji emerged governor of the year on account of his giant strides in maintenance of peace and security; and promoting unity among the states of the South-East.
OYC also ranked Enugu State governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, second best governor in the South-East, “for massive infrastructural development in his state.”
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State came third for “sustaining the ideals of Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and Igbo political identity in All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.”
Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, was ranked fourth in the assessment “for the giant strides of his administration in road projects in Owerri, Orlu and other parts of Imo State.”
Ebonyi State governor, Chief Martins Elechi, was ranked last but was commended “for building unity bridges to link up all communities in the state and urged him not to relent in his efforts.”
Vanguard