Governor Umahi
2023 Presidency:Governor Umahi to be screened Saturday
From Chinedu Nwafor,Abakaliki
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and 2023 Presidential Aspirant on the Platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), would be screened Saturday, 14, 2023 by the APC Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja.
Mr Francis Nwaze, a Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, to Governor Umahi disclosed this in a press statement on Friday.
According to the statement, Umahi would be presenting before the screening committee his glamorous credentials that qualify him to vie for the number one position in the Country.
Umahi who is adjudged to have performed excellently well as Governor of Ebonyi State, is also expected to use the opportunity the screening affords, to further inform Nigerians of his achievements as Governor in less than eight years.
“He use the opportunity to inform the Committee members, the APC members, and Nigerians in general, how he would replicate his magical transformation of Ebonyi State across the Federation if elected President in 2023”, the statement added.
Part of the statement reads, “You would recall that His Excellency, Engineer David Nweze Umahi within seven years onboard as the Governor of Ebonyi State has been able to turn around the face of Abakaliki and virtually all the 13 Local Government Areas of the State.
“Within the period under review, the Governor has built over seventeen long span-twin flyovers in parts of the State, constructed thousands of kilometers of roads in 8-inches concrete pavement, constructed from the scratch the newly commissioned King David University of Medical Sciences Uburu, the biggest international shopping mall, the Christian Ecumenical Centre Abakaliki and the Margaret Umahi International Market.
“Other legacy projects executed by the Governor Umahi administration in Ebonyi State include: the Industrial Clusters, one in each of the three Senatorial Zones of the State, the School of Nursing and Midwifery Uburu, the ongoing construction of the Ebonyi State International Airport, the newly commissioned biggest Executive Council Chambers, the new Government House complex as well as the ongoing construction of the 199 kilometers of the Abakaliki Ring Road Project.”
The statement further expressed hope that Umahi would not only pass the screening exercise, but would win APC primary election as well as the 2023 presidential election.
“It is hoped that Governor Umahi would scale through the first hurdle of screening, and win the Primaries and the general elections to enable him to bring to bear his engineering prowess in tackling Nigeria’s myriads of challenges”, the statement added.END//
