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I Will Not Vote For Mr. Sullivan Chime If I am In Enugu in 2015 By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba

I Will Not Vote For Mr. Sullivan Chime If I am In Enugu in 2015 By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba New York[RR] Enugu–My vote is usually influenced by three factors when I vote.1. The candidate’s personal integrity 2. The candidate’s perceived ability to lead, listen and change/grow. 3. The candidate’s vision Mr. Sullivan Chime fails on […]

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I Will Not Vote For Mr. Sullivan Chime If I am In Enugu in 2015 By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba

New York[RR] Enugu–My vote is usually influenced by three factors when I vote.1. The candidate’s personal integrity
2. The candidate’s perceived ability to lead, listen and change/grow. 3. The candidate’s vision Mr. Sullivan Chime fails on all three criteria.

On the candidate’s personal integrity.

Mr. Sullivan Chime would not qualify to be my friend on this basis and here are the reasons why: a. Mr. Chime was the State Attorney General under Mr. Nnamani’s Administration. As the AG it was his responsibility to ensure that the state laws were properly enforced and that the citizen’s rights were safe guarded. He betrayed the people of Enugu in this regard. There is no record to show that he opposed anything done under Nnamani’s administration even though he knew them to be wrong as later events proved. He did/does not have integrity. He colluded freely and earned the trust of Mr. Nnamani who selected him as his successor.
b. Mr. Nnamani had salvaged Mr. Chime from a failed law practice and elevated him to the high post of state AG, it would explain why he betrayed Enugu people. But since he has no integrity, it was easy to betray his mentor and savior as soon as he had the chance. No qualms! Even among thieves there is honor. But not with this thief.

c. We know of Mr. Chime’s three public romances, two of which ended in marriages. All three women had serious mental breakdowns. It is still a miracle to me how he managed to get a second wedding in the Catholic Church despite the Church’s teaching on divorce. He probably showed the bishop of Enugu the money and the bishop betrayed his church. But then he turned around as he is won’t to do and betrayed the bishop, making it impossible for the bishop to be an adequate counselor to the woman he had married in his church.
d. Here is the ultimate betrayal. Mr. Chime got his Deputy Governor for seven years impeached at the last hours of his administration and promised to return him to his old rank in the civil service as if the role as DG was not worth anything in career progression. The guy had served as governor in Mr. Chime’s administration but the value of the experience is worth zero in Mr. Chime’s calculation.

Enough said. I will not allow Mr. Chime to be a partner in any business I have or a friend based on his integrity. On the candidate’s ability to lead, listen, and change/grow
Mr. Chime has not lead Enugu state any further than where Mr. Nnamani left the state. Inter alia:

i. Mr. Chime has been missing in all critical events that are important to Enugu people and SE zone. He had no impact on the effort to make Enugu airport an international airport. He has had no say on the second Niger Bridge. He left Mr. Peter Obi alone to carry the burden; we did not hear from him on the creation of states; etc.

ii. Coal is the main stay of Enugu people. Ask any old Udi man/woman where his father worked, the answer would more likely than not be Coal Corporation. What is Mr. Chime’s position on coal? He has none. We have proven power and other resources in Enugu state: Gas in Oji River, power station in Oji River, lime stone in Awgu, which was the major supplier to the defunct Nkalagu Cement Factory, many minerals in all senatorial zones in Enugu, huge fertile lands in all Enugu zones which made Mr. Okpara’s Administration establish ENDC stations in Oghe, et al, and other resources too many to name. These are potential sources for internally generated funds (IGF) which would make Enugu less dependent on Abuja. What did Mr. Chime do with any of these? Your guess is as good as mine.

iii. Greater Awgu people have complained, ad infinitum, about marginalization; that they do not have any institution of higher learning in the area; only 8.5 miles of tarred road (5 miles Achi-Inyi; 3.5 miles Amaetiti Achi –Nkwo Inyi) in the LGA; no improvement on the already existing farm schools in a zone that ought to be named Aninri, etc. Ezeagu and Udi LGA had voiced exactly the same concerns. Has Mr. Chime listened and changed or grown?

On the candidate’s Vision

Mr. Sullivan Chime has no sense of history or a vision of the future as illustrated by: Only a Mr. Chime would destroy the old sacred Eastern House of Assembly. It was here that the resolutions and debates for Nigeria’s Independence was moved, debated and passed by Easterners. The House, though located in Enugu, did not belong to Enugu but to all Easterners (current SE & SS). It was in this building that the motion for Biafra’s Independence was moved, debated and passed. This House was the meeting place for the old Anambra (Enugu& the present Anambra states). Even Mr. Chime’s father had a seat in this house. Why and how could anyone with a sense of history, and vision destroy such a sacred history? What legacy is there to leave behind for our children and children’s children? If I become the governor of Enugu tomorrow, I would destroy whatever is the replacement and reconstruct the Old Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly. Certain things are meant to be permanent. Where does SE people meet now? Where can Easterners meet if they choose to meet? Why is Enugu still important? Is this lack of vision or merely his inability to be faithful?

What I wrote above for the Old Eastern House of Assembly also applies to another Historical Landmark – the Old Polo Field. This the place where young boys and girls gathered to watch “Europeans” play polo. Where we came to pick polo balls for these Europeans (there were no Africans playing then). It is where we came to pick mangoes; it was here that all the independence celebrations took place; where we watched the Union Jack lowered to be replaced by Green White and Green; Where Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam replaced the old imperial governor. How did Mr. Chime forget that this was a hallowed ground in the history of Nigeria? He knocked it down to build a shopping plaza. Enugu unlike Onitsha has plenty of land within a stone throw from the Polo Field. There is Trans-Ekulu and lands beyond; there is New Heaven, there is Achara Layout, Awkunanaw area, 9th mile corner. Why was this destruction necessary if not just for lack of history and vision? Or is this another inability to be faithful to history and people?
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