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..... Describes it as an insult to Ndi Imo and mockery of the plights of Imo Youths.

By Rt. Hon. Michael Anyanwu, Owerri. 

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) standard-bearer in the forthcoming November 11 Governorship election in Imo State, High Chief Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara has described the promise by the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to send 4000 Imo Youths to Europe and Canada for jobs as a glaring deceit that insults the sensibilities of Ndi Imo and amounts to making mockery of the massive unemployment plight of the youths of the State.

Frowning at the sham and gimmick geared towards cajoling Imo people, especially the youths to support his widely rejected second term bid, the front-runner Gubernatorial Candidate and Chief Executive Officer of his own business enterprise with many employees on his payroll, maintained that such dissimulation by the Governor of the State is a confirmation and testament that his administration has failed the youths and the generality of Imo people.

On his plans for Imo youths if bestowed with the mandate to be Governor of the State, Dr. K.C. Opara reiterated his vision and resolve to develop the industrial capacity of the State and make it an investment-friendly hub and business destination which will attract indigenous and foreign investors into the State that will partner with his administration and the private sector to develop the various sectors of the State’s Economy thereby creating the much-needed employment opportunities for the teeming youths of Imo State. Continuing, the Industrial Engineer and Business Administration expert assured to promote small and medium enterprises because of the major role they will play in spurring the economic development of the State, he vowed to empower Imo Youths to become self-employed and employers of labour, while reassuring his determination to eliminate the barriers, including inaccessibility to finances or credits, that hinder youths from venturing into private business enterprises.

As part of his intervention plans for the Youths of the State, the renowned philanthropist and Co-Director of Opara Industries Limited promised to engage them in Human Capital Development through robust investments in education, health and infrastructure with sustainable emphasis on wealth creation and distribution for sustainable development.

He maintained that if elected, he would build well-equipped Skill Acquisition Centres across all the 27 LGAs in Imo State where the youths will be trained to acquire skills in tailoring and fashion designing, leather works including shoes and bags making, carpentry, welding, electrical works, mechanical works, etc, adding that his administration will ensure their access to finances and no government establishment shall procure from any other company or award contracts of supply to any company for services that can be provided by the skill acquisition centres in the State. This according to him will promote creation of local content in the State and country at large and help the youths become self-employed to earn sustainable living.

Dr Opara assured that the administration the YPP intends to bring onboard will not leave Imo youths behind in allowing them take optimal advantage of the technology and new media age to become employable and self-reliant. To this end, he will build worldclass Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centres across the 27 LGAs in Imo State which will be well-equipped with computers and Internet services in order to bequeath adequate ICT skills to the youths and prepare them for employment opportunities in the sector.

He further assured Imo youths that more jobs will be created for those of them in the medical and healthcare services considering the plan of his administration to rehabilitate, build and equip all primary health centres and government hospitals in the 27 LGAs across the State as well as establishing a Mother and Child Care Hospital in every Local Government Area of the State with the aim of eliminating preventable maternal and newborn deaths by making women and newborn have access to quality care at every stage before during and after pregnancy at a very affordable rate.

Bemoaning how so many indigenous entertainers and talents in the State composed majorly of youths have remained largely untapped, the Founder of Kemdi Chino Opara Foundation and Chairman of GistAfrica Empowerment Foundation restated his avowed commitment to collaborate with private entrepreneurs to build and provide adequate funding for a mega entertainment city hub in Imo State that will house different genres of entertainers and the best of Imo talents, thereby making them gainfully employed. This according to him will attract major investors and massive revenue to the economy of the State.

Concluding, the YPP governorship candidate who promised that if elected, the youths will form the bedrock of his administration's developmental agenda through harnessing their human capital capacities towards productivity and global competitiveness, assured that 75 percent of his cabinet will be made up of youths and he will give full effect to the law granting full administrative and financial autonomy to Local Government Councils in Nigeria to encourage grassroots engagement, especially of the youths.

Ruby Emele Grassroot Movement, a support group of the Imo State Honorable Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Isiala  Mbano Local Government has joined Imolites of conscience to endorse the Governor of the state, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma for another tenure based on his superlative performance in his first term in office.

Ruby Emele Grassroot Movement made the following resolutions:

1. We the aboved members of Ruby Emele Grassroot Movement, a support group of Imo State Honorable Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy affairs has declared total support for the Gov. Hope Uzodimma for second tenure. 

2. We want to reassure our mentor and principal, Hon. Ruby  Emele that we have adopted the Governor Hope Uzodimma as our sole candidate in the 2023 Governorship election in Imo State to continue the good work.

3.We have seen that Governor Hope Uzodimma is the most qualified to govern the state again considering his overwhelming performance in his first tenure.

4. We want our people to know that the Governor Hope Uzodimma is the best amongst all the candidates that want  to govern the state in 2023.

5. We want our people to understand that any other person aside the Governor will be a green horn who will need time to understand the job.

6.We have taken notice of the superlative performance of the Governor in the whole of the three senatorial zones in the state especially the reconstruction of the federal roads in Owerri/Orlu road, Owerri/Okigwe road and that of the Owerri/Mbaise/Umuahia roads respectively.

7. The Ruby  Emele Grassroot Movement maintained that Imo Governor should be accorded the necessary respect he deserves for the good and wonderful things he is doing in the State 

8.It is on record that our principal, Hon. Ruby  Emele is working tirelessly with the true leaders of the State in moving the state forward.

9. We know that the Governor has shown his undying love and passion to Imolites, hence we shall give him our full support to build the Imo of our collective dreams.

10. It is based on this conviction that, we reaffirm our full support to our highly respected leader, Governor, Hope Uzodimma and we back him for another tenure in 2023.

11. We want the entire people of Imo to take note that Hon. Ruby Emele's Grassroot Movement will work towards actualizing the Governor's second term bid.

Signed:

Uchechukwu Ashiegbu 

Coordinator/ Ugiri/Oka ward

Kelechi Uzoma

Facilitator 

Tochukwu Okeoma

Osuama/Anara ward

Onyebuchi Chukwuma 

Osuowerre ward 1

Emmanuel Iwuji 

Osuowerre ward 2

Emeka Ogbonna

Osuachara ward

Stanley Ibeh

Amaraku ward

Macdonald Onyeka 

Umunkwo ward

Iwuoha Justice

Amauzari ward

Ebere Iwunze

Ogbor ward

Nnamdi Njoku 

Obollo ward

Ikechukwu Onuoha 

Umuozu ward

Udochukwu Obinna 

Ibeme ward. 

As Campaigns are heating up and candidates visiting critical stakeholders, The Standard bearer and the Candidate of the Young Progressive Party YPP in the forthcoming Imo State Governorship Election Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara maintained that insecurity will be gone in the state if given the mantle of Leadership.

In a press release from Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara YPP Imo State Governorship Campaign Council dated September 25th, 2023 and signed by Rt. Hon Michael Anyanwu the Deputy Director, Media and Communications, the Governorship hopeful expressed serious concern about the heightening insecurity in the State which has negatively affected the living standard and condition of Ndi Imo and has caused the premature deaths of many innocent Imolites, Royal Fathers and security operatives in the State.

Dr Opara made his worry known last Friday during his visit to the Bishop of the Diocese of Owerri of the Anglican Communion, His Lordship, Rt. Rev. Chukwuma C. Oparah PhD. JP, at the Bishop's Court in the Imo State capital. He noted that the three zones of the State have witnessed frequent attacks and killings by gunmen with Orlu Zone including Oru East local government area where the incumbent governor is from mostly affected. He continued that many bright brains that would have contributed positively to the good and progress of the State have been wasted by armed groups, adding that the most recent attack which saw the gruesome killing of eight security agents made up of soldiers, policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the State is very appalling and highly reprehensible.

The Obazu Mbieri-born leader and renowned philanthropist was visibly emotional and heartbroken over the incessant mindless killings of innocent Imo people as he explained that it is very distressing that the Imo government of the day has failed in its primary duty of ensuring peace and security in the State; stressing that no one in the State sleeps with both eyes closed regardless whether one lives in the city or rural area.

The Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) assured that his administration will restore Security back in Imo State if given the mandate to serve Ndi Imo as their Governor and promised that his administration will live up to the primary duty of government of ensuring that the lives and property of Imo people are protected and guaranteed under the law.

Also expressing his worry over what he described as the reckless and cold abandonment of the families of the slain victims of insecurity in the State and he is worried and afraid that the lives of these affected Imo families may not remain the same since the death of their loved ones and breadwinners. The Imo Governor in-waiting who is on a vision-driven mission to liberate the State from maladministration insisted that no amount of compensation can bring back the lost lives, but Imo government under his watch as Governor will not abandon the bereaved families as restitution will be paid to them to assuage their unfortunate losses.

Showing further concern to help the families of the slain victims when he becomes Governor, the ardent Christian vowed to work with religious leaders and relevant professionals to provide them with effective psychological interventions and support including routine rehabilitative counselling in order to help them overcome depression and post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of grief.  

...AS THE IMO STATE COUNCIL OF NDI NZE NA OZO ENDORSE HIM FOR GOVERNOR. 

The Gubernatorial ambition of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) flagbearer, High Chief Dr kemdi Chino Opara has received the blessing of the Igbo ancestors through the ndi Nze na Ozo, the sacred representation of the ancestors in human form. They gave the Mbieri-born philanthropist their full backing in the governorship race thereby adopting him as their prefered candidate. This endorsement has given his support base the desired robust boost ahead of the November 11, 2023 polls in Imo State.

During the adoption ceremony which took place yesterday at the country home of Dr. Kemdi Opara in Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli local government area of the State, the Nzes known to be the spiritual heads of their various communities and operating under the aegis of the Imo State Council of Ndi Nze na Ozo expressed their eagerness to form a strategic synergy with the YPP flagbearer and his team so as to help him win the forthcoming governorship election in the State, and also support him to actualize his election promises in his manifesto when he is sworn-in as governor.

The ndi Nze na Ozo who came from the three Senatorial zones of Imo State and are legitimately in possession of the Ofo and Ogu that symbolize authority and Justice which bestows them with the right to talk to the ancestors of Imo State, unanimously, exercising their prerogative endorsed Chief Opara for the Governorship position; Noting that their decision to give him their strong backing emanated from the fact that he is eminently qualified and his vision-driven manifesto is endearing.

Assuring to galvanize grassroots support and votes for him in the coming election, the revered traditional leaders held as the Conscience of the Society as the custodians of Truth in their various communities maintained that his educational background and international exposure instills confidence in them that he will perform exceptionally well in enthroning the long desired good governance and quality leadership in the State, adding that they will also play advisory roles to help him succeed in governance and industrialization of the the State.

The Nzes who are important custodians of truth in the Igbo society decried the rising poverty and hardship in Imo State and the unlucky situation of the State being governed by people who lack good educational background who then end up having nothing to offer the State and its People. 

Expressing their unflinching confidence in Dr Kemdi Chino Opara to make a huge positive difference in the State and make the people enjoy a clean breath of fresh air, the Imo State Council of Ndi Nze appealed to him not to forget to elevate the status of the Council through an Act of Parliament to enable them help him fight insecurity in the verious communities of the State.

Thanking the ndi Nze na Ozo for the endorsement, the YPP Governorship Candidate assured them of running an all-inclusive and people-oriented government which 75 percent of the cabinet will be made up of youths if he secures the mandate of Ndi Imo to be Imo Governor. He reiterated his commitment to pursue vigorously his 5 point development agenda of restoring peace and security, free education, quality healthcare delivery, massive infrastructural development and ensuring sustainable economic prosperity in the State.

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DR. KEMDI CHINO OPARA YPP IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN COUNCIL. 

September 22, 2023.

PRESS RELEASE.

RE: YPP IN IMO STATE WAS GIVEN TO SOMEONE WHO PRETENDED TO BE CONTESTING FOR GOVERNORSHIP, WHEREAS HE IS INDIRECTLY WORKING FOR THE INCUMBENT SECOND TERM.

THERE IS NO IOTA OF TRUTH IN THE ABOVE CALUMNY PROPAGATED BY ONE RECALCITRANT VICTOR DIALA, A NOTORIOUS SERIAL BETRAYER IGNOMINIOUSLY SUSPENDED AND SACKED FROM OFFICE AS STATE CHAIRMAN OF IMO YPP FOR UNWHOLESOME ABUSE OF OFFICE, GROSS MISCONDUCT AND ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITIES.

... DR K.C. OPARA IS IN THE RACE TO WIN AND SERVE NDI IMO FOR THE GREATEST GOOD OF ITS PEOPLE AND THE STATE RELYING ON GOD AND THE SUFFERING IMO MASSES AS HIS IMPREGNABLE PILLAR AND FORTRESS.

Our attention has been drawn to the charade and deceitful press conference held by a certain Victor Diala who who was serving suspension, and subsequently ignominiously dismissed from office as Chairman of the Imo State Chapter of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) by the National Working Committee of the Party for unwholesome abuse of office, gross misconduct and anti-party activities.

Ordinarily, we would have ignored the recalcitrant traitor and not glorify him with an undeserved response, but for members of our teeming supporters and the general public who may be hoodwinked by his unsubstantiated claim and obvious falsehood, there is need for us to set the records straight without any equivocation.

In the misguided and malicious press briefing, the sacked erstwhile State Chairman whose inglorious reign witnessed deliberate habitual violation of the Party's Constitution and bringing the Party into disrepute, speculated that our Principal and YPP flagbearer in the forthcoming Guber election in the State, High Chief Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara is indirectly working for the incumbent's second term bid while feigning to be contesting to succeed him.

He also conjectured that all the entire state executives and 305 ward members of YPP resigned their membership in the Party.  

While we make bold to refute the above falsehoods, it is not surprising to us that such a man of selfish disposition whose despotic leadership and embarrassing unruly conducts misrepresented the Party in a failed attempt to drag its reputation to the mud would mischievously resort to such calumny and disparaging remarks after his foiled attempt to mortgage the Party in the State to an opposition Party with the cruel intention to sabotage our Governorship Candidate in the way and manner he sabotaged the Party in the 2019 Guber election.

We do not want to delve into his despicable fraudulent activities, dishonesty and high handedness which infuriated the members of the Imo State Working Committee of the Party to pass a vote of no confidence on him and called for his indefinite suspension in order to stop him from causing further damage to the Party. 

It is worthy of note that Diala during his sterile reign as State Chairman of the Party was in the fraudulent habit of extorting money from Governorship Candidates. Other aspirants and candidates of the Party also suffered similar ugly fate in his hands.

When his overbearing incessant frivolous monetary demands from Dr Opara stopped yielding the desired results, Victor in his characteristic extortionist blackmail tendency declared him persona non grata and mischievously fabricated his false narrative just to discredit a just leader who out of his volition, passion and readiness to serve Ndi Imo from the shackles of poor governance, visionless leadership and undue hardships decided to join the Governorship race to liberate his people.

We therefore state unequivocally that Dr Kemdi Chino Opara, the YPP Governorship Candidate is in the race to win and secure the mandate of Ndi Imo to make the State great again. His ambition is self-sponsored with the Almighty Creator as his ultimate succor with the suffering masses of Imo State as his Bulwark of support. 

The falsehood that Dr Kemdi Chino Opara is directly or indirectly working for the second term bid of the incumbent administration should be outrightly discountenanced as it is coming from a frustrated sacked State Chairman who has been stopped in executing the ignominious script of sabotaging the YPP in concert with his paymasters for pecuniary gains. His desperate Press conference is a failed attempt to impress his paymaster that he has delivered on the assignment. 

Victor Diala’s patented antics of a notorious serial betrayer of his Party in elections is his stock-in-trade to always tradeoff his Party's Candidates by trivialising their Campaign efforts thereby discouraging the Party faithfuls and supporters to ostensibly give undue advantage to the Candidates of opposition Party who he is working in tandem with.

His deceitful claim that the entire State Executives and 305 ward members of the Party resigned their membership is a figment of his warped imagination in a desperate attempt to mislead the public. It should however be consigned to the dustbin as it is outright falsehood.

It makes no logical sense that the same executives and members of the Party who were victims of his despotic misrule who lost confidence in his ability to lead the Party and ensured his ignominious suspension and suspension would join him to leave the Party.

It is pertinent to state clearly that the Imo YPP Executive Committee and bona fide members of the Party under the ebullient, dynamic and competent leadership of Hon Kingsley Nwahiri are united, loyal and committed to the growth and wellbeing of the Party and to the victory of Dr Kemdi Chino Opara, the Party's standard-bearer in forthcoming November 11th guber election.

Signed:

Rt. Hon Michael Anyanwu

Deputy Director, Media and Communications