My Opponents Are Insensitive To Orlu People – Nwadike

The United Progressive Party (UPP) senatorial candidate for Imo West, Comrade Precious Nwadike, says his opponents are very insensitve to Orlu people whom they seek to represent.

Nwadike, in a statement obtained by BigPen Online on Wednesday, said that none of his opponent including Governor Rocha Okorocha contesting with him, inspite of all the money they made in previous offices and current positions have investments in Orlu.

According to him, the set of politicians who are only known for deceit are not perturbed by the level of unemployment which has obviously heightened insecurity in the zone.

The statement said Nwadike made the assertions spoke shortly after receiving an award from Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education Alumni Association on behalf of Community Watchdog Newspaper as the Most human rights crusader newspaper of the year, 2018.

He contended that as long as his opponents do not have investments in Orlu, they will hardly be concerned about infrastructural development of the zone, if elected.

“This is why banks in Orlu have been closing by 2:pm without any justifiable reason while those who hold our mandate in trust have not thought it wise to address the issue which is detrimental to the socio-economic development of the area and it’s people”.

He described the development as economic sabotage that only vocal people like him who have investments in Orlu and is known to be sensitive to the plight of the people can address.

The journalist turned politician however described as unfortunate statement ascribed to a lawmaker from the zone who recently said, “banks in Orlu close by 2: pm because of insecurity and that lawmakers are not in a position to address such issues as it is beyond them”.

Nwadike said, “I doubt if this statement actually came from the lawmaker, if he said so, it means he lacks knowledge of what an  oversight function is”.

Continuing, he said, “it is a stigma on Orlu people who are not known for crime to now be labeled as crime prone areas, especially, when the Police Area Command, Divisional Police headquarters, Immigration Training School, Federal Road Safety Corps, and virtually all other security agencies have functional offices in and around Orlu”.

The senatorial hopeful and acclaimed human rights activist assured that he will work in synergy with relevant institutions and stakeholders to address these issue within his first three months in the senate.

“I will also facilitate massive engagement of youths in meaningful ventures, through creation of job opportunities and enabling environment for the actualization of their dreams and reduce insecurity occasioned by hunger”.

This, he said is the difference between him and other candidates who he challenged to make public their manifestos the same way he intends to unveil his on 29th December 2018.

Comrade Nwadike boasted that he will achieve all that are contained in his manifesto within his first 3 years in the senate. “This I say with all sincerity and not as a political statement”, he added.