I will expose you, Ngige replies Mbadinuju

Posted by admin Anambra, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige

February 5, 2012 by Friday Olokor-

A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige, representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly on Saturday in Abuja defended his reversal of the policies put in place by his predecessor, Dr. Chinweoke Mbadinuju, saying the reversal was for the good of the people.

He also described as “outright lies,” claims by Mbadinuju threatening to expose his (Ngige’s) misdeeds while in office.

Mbadinuju had in an interview stated that Ngige was the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state during his administration between 1999 and 2003.

He said, “Ngige was my man when I was governor; he was the secretary of the PDP in Anambra and when he came to Abuja, I accommodated him, I bought a car and gave him work.

“But when he became governor, he colluded with my opponents, “the Ubas” and tried to reverse everything I had done. He did his best to try to reverse them. It is not fair.”

But Ngige in a statement said that ordinarily he would not have bothered responding to Mbadinuju’s “false” claims, but for the sake of setting the records straight.

He said, “It is true that I reversed three of his major policies which included non-payment of salaries to workers and pension to pensioners as and when due. I paid all from the first day I entered office and went on to pay his accumulated arrears.

“I also reversed his illegal revocation and acquisition of the land previously allocated to the Central Bank of Nigeria, which he revoked and gave to the Better Bread Organisation, an NGO solely owned by his wife and members of his family.

“I did not only reverse the revocation, but also re-allocated the land to the original allotees- the CBN and handed over the Certificate of Occupancy to the then CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and that marked the beginning of the construction of CBN in Awka, an edifice which has turned to be a pride of joy to the state.

Ngige further threatened to expose Mbadinuju further if the latter made any public comment on him again.

“I have spoken to him, and for me, those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. And if any other time I read any commentary from him about me or my administration, I will do what is not governmental by exposing to the public everything I saw and read from both public policy and confidential files which I regard as being anti -people of Anambra state,” he said.

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