“APGA ‘’ll create thousands of jobs”
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the scheduled 2023 governorship election in Imo State, Hon Tony Ejiogu says he is determined to usher in a new era of honest, transparent and accountable governance that puts the people at the centre of policy formulation and implementation.
Hon Ejiogu who maintained that APGA as party has overcome and put behind its 2019 experience, insisted that only such standards in governance would bring the state out of her socio-economic woods and end the lingering insecurity being witnessed presently.
Hon Ejiogu who spoke to newsmen in Owerri recently, said massive job creation and what he described as ‘pull empowerment’ through skilling up of youths in digital and other modern skills, would bolster the state’s economy, make it less reliant on revenue allocation from Abuja and help end the palpable security situation and looming anarchy in society today.
The Emekuku Owerri North-born technocrat highlighted the urgency for a paradigm shift from what he called business as usual in the running of government to knowledge and technology-driven governance that addresses issues of unemployment, poverty, poor healthcare, lack of industries and endemic corruption.
The former Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to ex-Governor Ikedi Ohakim with enormous offshore experience, said his administration if elected, would tap into the huge potentials of digital economy by massively training Imo State youths in information and communications technology, ICT, which he said, can employ thousands of youths and mitigate their tendencies for anti-social behaviours or criminal activities. He cited Malaysia and some countries of Southeast Asia as having achieved tremendous turn around in their economies leveraging ICT.
Speaking furher, Ejiogu reiterated his resolve to create an investment-friendly atmosphere that would attract investors who would set up industries in Imo State if elected governor on November 11, adding that it remained his vision to train Imo youths in critical skills that would prepare them to join the global workforce.
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