All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate for Enugu State, come 2023, Hon. Frank Nweke Jnr has cried out that money being voted for the office of the governor in Enugu State in the budget was too high.
According to him, for the 2022 budget, a hooping sum of N17.7 billion was budgeted for the office of the governor which takes 10 per cent of the annual budget.
Nweke, former Minister of Information, who disclosed this Thursday at a Enugu Business Community Town hall Meeting, jointly organised by Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA and ECOBA, said that he was the former Chief of Staff and that he knew what accrued to the state governor.
He lamented that such monies should be used to develop the state that needs improved infrastructure.
Nweke promised to make Due Process to work in doing government business in Enugu State. “We shall make it a real Due Process Office,” he said.
He also promised to make Enugu one of the oil producing states by engaging the federal government because, according to him, Enugu is endowed with the mineral resource, saying that when voted into power, he would make sure that Enugu got their fair share from the federation.
“When we get into office, I can assure you that within 18 – 24 months, Enugu will be among the oil producing states.”
He further promised that when voted into power, he would make accountability his watch word, saying that annually he would give account of his stewardship.
“Every year of my tenure, we shall give account of my stewardship,” he said assuring that he would not allow Federal roads to deteriorate in the state but would tackle them.
“The federal roads our within our jurisdiction; they are within our state. We shall not wait for the federal government,” he said.
