Andy Uba
Andy Ubah soft-pedals, commends Governor Obiano over Anambra airport project
In what appears to be a soft-pedaling on his hard stance against the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) government in Anambra, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the recently-concluded 2021 governorship election in the state, Senator Andy Uba has hailed Governor Willie Obiano for providing the state with a functional airport at Umueri, Anambra East Council Area.
Sen. Uba, who has been enmeshed in a long-drawn legal battle against the APGA candidate, Prof Charles Soludo, at the November 2021 governorship election, gave the commendation after landing at the airport, Thursday, while also stressing the need for everyone to be committed to the development of the state irrespective of differences in political party affiliation.
Uba added further that the facility has added to the advancement of the state’s infrastructural development quest.
”The airport is here with us and I like what I witnessed today. It is an additional infrastructure for the state and as a believer in the development of integrated transportation infrastructure which necessitated my bills on ‘Railway development’, ‘Harbour/Maritime transportation’, ‘Road infrastructure development’, ‘Infrastructure funding’ and so on. I welcome this airport while looking forward to the next phase of development which we should target to interconnect all other transport infrastructure to the airport as a strategy to improve Ease-of-doing-business in the state,” he said.
Uba who later chaired the Anambra State APC stakeholders meeting held at Geneva Hotel Awka, called for unity in the party to attract more development in the state.
“I will continue to appeal to all stakeholders and members of this great party in the state to come together in unity. Our party, APC has shown commitment to Anambra development, starting from the 2nd Niger bridge project, Amawbia to Umunya portion of Enugu/Onitsha Expressway, Refund for Upper Iweka/Head Bridge to Umunya by Expressway road project, and others. We have to unite in order to put the state in a strategic position to be able to sustain and expand development from APC federal government synergy in Anambra State,” Uba concluded.
