The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to address the problem of poor infrastructure, multiple taxation and insecurity before wooing foreign investors to the state.
The party noted that if the governor was actually serious about bringing investors to the state, he should provide an enabling environment that would make prospective investors willing to invest in Abia.
The party stated this on Saturday in a statement issued by its state Chairman, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, in Umuahia, the state capital.
APGA posited that the lull in government activities, especially in terms of project execution and
payment of workers, showed that the allocations to local government areas were not judiciously used.
It added that people at the grass-roots were suffering untold hardship as a result of underdevelopment in the state.
The party also said it regretted that civil servants and pensioners in the state had been subjected to the worst form of indignation and oppression due to non-payment of their salaries.
It added, “After a deep assessment of the Ikpeazu-led administration in the state, we feel pained by the obvious abandonment of governance which has added to the sufferings of the people.’’
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