SAN FRANCISCO, May 01, (THEWILL) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweramadu has revealed that he joined politics to due to the marginalisation of his people, adding that he has now been able to influence government policies towards addressing challenges faced by his constituents.
Ekweremadu, who spoke at the weekend while receiving a delegation of the Udi North Forum in Enugu, said he discovered early that no matter how endowed one is, there is a limit to what he or she can do for his people as an individual.
He recalled that the first water project he attracted as a senator, which was sited at Nze in Udi North, helped to ease some of the difficulties faced by people of the area.
Declaring that he has addressed most of the challenges in the area without being prompted by the people, the Deputy Senate President stated that government must, at a point, necessarily come in to address some infrastructural deficit in an area.
According to him, “I joined Politics to address the issue of marginalization by influencing government policies which will help in providing the needs of the people.
“I can see and feel marginalisation in Udi North and my vision is to change the fortunes of the people of the area for good, that’s why most of our projects in the areas of water, roads, and electricity are sited in places where the people cannot help themselves.”
Ekweremadu noted that that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State is focussed on how to improve the welfare of the people and not about those who are looking for a new party to join.
This was as he pointed out that history has tended to repeat itself in Enugu State where former governors are quick to defect to another party, but ended up not recovering from it.
The Deputy Senate President assured all the seemingly marginalised people in the State of the determination of the Governor and himself in finding a lasting solution to their needs, stressing that we are lucky to have a governor who is kind hearted and is thinking in the same direction.
He lauded the Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for addressing marginalisation in the State in terms of infrastructure and appointments, noting that the governor has embarked on developmental projects that are simultaneously going on in all parts of the state.
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