KEY POINTS

• Mbah ends sit-at-home orders, maintains security
• Tinubu inaugurates key projects, promises support for South-East development.
• Enugu’s target is to achieve 30 billion GDP growth in four years amounting to $30 Billion, Mbah says.

Enugu State governor Peter Mbah says his administration is going to end the sit at home order that has been imposed by the non state actors in the South East, saying that he has no interest in taking directives from such groups.

This was said during the occasion of President Bola Tinubu’s official visit to Enugu during which various projects were inaugurated.

Development on a foundation of security

Governor Mbah said the transformation of Enugu’s economy is predicated on guaranteed security of persons and property, access to quality education and affordable healthcare.

At the event, addressing stakeholders, he said, ‘Our people don’t wake up anymore to be afraid because we don’t observe sit-at-home order in Enugu any more, our people work everyday now’.

Measures aimed to improve public safety are also being outlined by the governor; a Command and Control Center will be created and 150 patrol vehicles equipped with surveillance will be employed. He said these initiatives are part of other initiatives to position Enugu as a 21st century state.

Tinubu’s promise to the South East

Governor Mbah won the praises of President Tinubu, who described him as a “committed leader driving Enugu to higher places”. He also told stakeholders that the administration is committed to dealing with security and infrastructure challenges in the region.

Among the projects inaugurated during the visit, are GTC Smart Green School, New Haven/Bisalla Road, and the International Conference Center.

He commended these projects as examples of prudish use of funds and a base for federal and state partnership in getting development.

Vision for Enugu’s future

Governor Mbah reaffirmed his dream of catapulting the Enugu economy from $4.4 billion to $30 billion dollars in four years.

Tinubu’s federal reforms, including the liberalization of the electricity sector and the setting up of the South East Development Commission, he said, is what made this vision possible.

‘We are dreaming big but having the capacity to achieve that dream in Enugu.’ In Enugu, we will position it among the three largest economies in Nigeria by GDP with security, infrastructure and education, Mbah said.