Former governor of Anamabra state Obiano made a remarkable speech at his transition~details below

Anambra state Governor Willie Obiano made a captivating statements as he is about to transit power to Soludo 

According to the governor he said he stepped on many toes and lost several friends in the course of his eight-years reigns in office as the governor of the state.

Mr Obiano who disclosed this during his farewell speech on Wednesday seeks forgiveness from those he offended while in office, stressing that his actions were for the good of the state.

In his statements he said “Brothers and sisters, as your governor, I worked under extreme pressure. I took many hard decisions. I stepped on toes. I didn’t answer some phone calls. I lost some friends on account of these, he said.

Meanwhile, Obiano tenure which will terminate by today as he transits power to Charles Soludo, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Furthermore, Mr Soludo who emerged winner during the governorship election that was conducted in November, 2021. Mr Soludo and his predecessor Obiano are both members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) 

While making these remarkable speech, the former Governor said “Umunnem, I’m also aware that I did not fulfil every promise I made. But no government in the world has ever kept all its promises or solved all the problems of its time”

“However, my intentions were pure and my ambitions sincere. Let history be the judge,” Governor Obiano said.

In accounting of his stewardship, Mr Obiano said his administration organised Nigeria’s first international conference on security which he said resulted in the setting up of “a revolutionary security architecture” against crime in the state.

He also allerged that his administration’s economic stimulus package has given active rise to the ‘N20m Community Choose-Your-Project Initiative. Through the initiative, the administration successfully touched all the 181 communities in the state with choice projects.
“As a result of this, all the communities got projects worth N40 million each from my administration,” he stated.

Mr Obiano noted that, the establishment of a Court of Appeal in Awka, the state capital, is one of the major achievements recorded by his administration saying that it ended the usual trips to Enugu State by residents of the state who seek justice.

On the sphere of education, he said his government made huge investments in the off-shore training of teachers to expose them to global best practices.

He however said his administration equally made cash donations of N2.8 billion available to both mission and public schools in the state.

He said his administration built 1,000-room hostels in 12 technical colleges across the state and also offered scholarships to over 300 students.

“A direct outcome of this is that both our school children and their teachers won impressive awards under my watch, he said.

The former banker said he had bequeathed legacies in the health sector to Anambra State residents, saying “with only N12,000 per year, residents of this state can access high-quality healthcare as they like” through the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency.

The former governor described the International Passenger/Cargo Airport at Umueri and the International Convention Center, Awka, as his “monumental projects”, listed other achievements in agriculture, disaster-control and infrastructures.

“Eight years ago, when I gave my inaugural address, I shared my vision of a greater Anambra State with you. To some people, it sounded like a dream. Umunnem, today, most of those dreams I shared with you have come true,” he said.