SAN FRANCISCO, February 02, (THEWILL) – Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state says his Imo state counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, is an example of what a leader should not be, asserting that the Imo Governor does not qualify to teach him the virtues of leadership ideas and service.
Obiano maintained that Okorocha, who cannot pay the salaries and entitlements of Imo workers and pensioners has nothing but “destructive ideas” in his approach to governance.
The Anambra Governor stated this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Strategic Communication and Legislative Matters, Oliver Okpala.
The statement reads, “If a governor that has constructed countless number of roads and bridges, embarked on several rural electrification programmes, constructed uncountable number of schools, and health facilities as well as rid the entire Anambra State of crime and criminality, is being termed clueless by Okorocha, then there must be another meaning for clueless.
“Okorocha’s claim that there is a general impression that Chief Willie Obiano is an aggressive governor, who should have done better as a militant than as a governor, is laughable and it is clear to Nigerians who really is a motor park personality between them. Obiano has always been known and accorded the respect of a complete gentleman.
“Indeed, Okorocha is an example of what a leader should not be. Who is he to teach the virtues of leadership ideas and service to Governor Obiano?
“He talks of ideas when he cannot pay workers salaries and now tries to intimidate Imo retirees to forfeit 60 per cent arrears of their sweat. Are those the kind of ideas we need at this critical time? Those are destructive ideas, and a destructive idea cannot bring about constructive ends.
“Okorocha claimed that Obiano has taken Anambra State several kilometres backward, but the records are there to show who has taken his state backward. When serious Governors like Obiano are talking, the likes of Okorocha should keep quiet. This is a governor who has failed woefully to pay workers salaries.
“He is also heavily indebted to even pensioners, who have spent their youth and strength to labour for the state. In their old age, Okorocha’s government has abandoned them at this most critical time that they need the state. What an abomination.”
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