PDP Candidate Vows to Create 23,000 Jobs in First 100 Days as Imo Governor

As the governorship election in Imo State draws near on November 11, 2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has promised to generate 23,000 jobs in his first 100 days in office if he wins the election.

He also disclosed that the FCT minister and former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, played a key role in his emergence as the PDP national secretary.

Anyanwu made these remarks on Monday in Port Harcourt during a media chat after meeting with Igbo traders at the famous Ikoku Spare Parts Market in the Rivers State capital.

He expressed concern over the insecurity situation in the southeast region and especially in Imo State, saying that more than 40 hotels in the state have shut down.

The PDP governorship candidate said: “The ex-governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is my friend. He was among the people who facilitated my becoming the National Secretary of the PDP.

“In a few days, Imo State will have a new look. Imo State will work. Come to Rivers State, you can see tangible development projects. Rivers State is an oil-producing state like Imo State, but what is the infrastructure in Imo State from oil revenues? Imo State receives over N5 billion in allocation every month, and there is nothing to show for it.

“Over 2,000 youths have been killed in Imo State. In Orsu LGA and Oru East LGA, young men are being killed every day in the name of IPOB and ESN. Every young boy is being killed there and labelled IPOB and ESN.

“From January 15th, when I am sworn in, I will live in Imo State to solve the problem of Imo State. Within six months, I will conduct an LGA election, and people will be employed.

“I will grant amnesty to our brothers in the bush; I will dialogue with them and reintegrate them into society.”That is what the late Yar’adua did in the Niger Delta. You don’t use bombings to fight crime; you use dialogue and peace.”

Anyanwu lamented the absence of LGA elections in Imo State for the past eight years, as well as the lack of employment opportunities for the people, noting that the last medical doctors in Imo were employed in 2009.

Also speaking, the National President of Ikoku Spare Parts Dealers, Mr. Festus Onyekwe, assured that Ikoku Spare Parts Dealers will mobilise massively to vote for the PDP candidate next Saturday.

Onyekwe expressed the support of motor spare part dealers and Imo citizens in Rivers State for the Imo governorship candidate of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, citing his leadership qualities and transformational agenda.