Father, son disagree over Orji’s performance

UMUAHIA-THE General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency [ASEPA], Mr. Ikechukwu Apugo, has faulted his father, Prince Benjamin Apugo, over his recent media attack on Governor Theodore Orji, on the development of the state, saying his father was not objective in his criticism.
Ikechukwu Apugo, has therefore disassociated himself from his father’s position on the Governor’s Orji’s performance so far, saying the senior Apugo was on his own.
His elder brother, had earlier also disagreed with their father on the issue, saying he was “biased in his assessment of Governor Orji’s performances”.

Prince Apugo, a member of the BoT of the ruling PDP, had last week, said in a media report that Governor Orji was “not performing”. But his children disagreed, saying his assessment was anchored on “politics of bitterness”.
In reaction to this, the ASEPA boss said that “it is only a destructive critic that would not appreciate the numerous landmark achievements of Governor Orji particularly in the areas of infrastructure and youth empowerment”, which he argued are being “openly applauded even by members of the opposition”.
According to him, his father has no reason to rate Orji’s performances low because the things he is doing and those he has done are there for everybody to see and verify.
His words:”My father got it all wrong when he claimed that Orji has not performed. There is no basis for anyone to claim that Orji has not performed when you look at the avalanche of legacy projects across the state courtesy of his administration.
“Since Abia was created over 21 years ago, the state has no befitting Government House but Orji has started building one now. Very soon the ultra modern workers’ secretariat and the International Conference Centre also built by the Governor will be commissioned. This is apart from numerous other projects like the specialist hospitals, the new court complexes, roads, etc”
“I know my father’s annoyance; the pattern of politics of most of them is no longer in vogue. They want the Governor to go from their house to his office but that is no longer obtainable”.
He said that his father is a beneficiary of the present administration as road that transverses through his house, and all the roads in their Ibeku community had been fixed by Orji’s administration.
He called on his father and other destructive critics to “drop politics of bitterness and join hands with the Governor and kinsman in his bid to develop Abia instead of engaging him in endless criticisms”.