Obi carpets Uba

Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has said the problem with Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah is learning wrong things from those he interacts with and allowing his aides to speak unrestrainedly on issues that could be better handled.

Obi’s statement is sequel to a statement credited to Ubah, where he questioned the rationale behind the recent presentation of cheques of N2.5billion to all the secondary schools in the state for rehabilitation and a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) each to all the traditional rulers in the state.

In a statement made available to Daily Sun in Abuja by Obi’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, the governor said Ubah had learnt to bring him (Obi) into any nonsense he uttered or his aide uttered on his behalf, adding that he had forgotten to learn from those mentoring him that even among worst enemies, there is time to condemn and time to commend.

Obienyem expressed surprise that Ubah condemned the distribution of cheques to schools and vehicles to traditional rulers to enhance their activities, insisting that Ubah’s action has proved rightly as people speculated, that he was insensitive to what makes for a good and prosperous state.

The tendency, Obienyem insisted, questions Ubah’s suitability as a leader in fact or in the  dream.

On Ubah’s position that Obi was forced to act because he (Ubah) gave money to traditional rulers that attended his sister’s wedding, Obienyem said Governor Obi was not ready to amuse anybody by bringing traditional rulers into disrepute, saying, “for that, as he said, is the only thing sensible people will make out of Ubah’s effusions.”

Speaking further, Obienyem said the over 600 vehicles from INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, Nnewi, for traditional rulers, schools and each town in the state, was ordered and paid for over a year ago to promote made-in-Anambra goods and could not have been a reaction to any development.

“In Nigeria today, many react to Obi’s ideas because of the fertility of their conception. Much as the governor is always willing to learn and even emulate noble acts, not from people utterly incapable,” Obienyem stated.