The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Abia State for the 2011 election, Prince Paul Ikonne, has described the state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, as a total failure.
Ikonne, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja, said that Orji remains the worst governor the state has ever had.
He said that since he came into power, Orji had not executed any project successfully, but had rather been commissioning projects done by others.
He said it had been discovered that despite all the constructive criticism of the performance of the governor, he cannot change because he has no idea of what governance is all about.
Ikonne, a former commissioner in the administration of Orji, said: “The history of Abia State will never forget Orji as the most visionless, clueless and a total failure, who has ever occupied the office of the governor of the state.
“Unless he changes today, but unfortunately, that change is not possible because he cannot change.
“It is very important to let the world know that the pedestrian crossing at Abia State Polytechnic, which he also commissioned, was built by an Aba-based business mogul, whose office is situated around the school.
“Today, traders in Ariaria Market, Aba, on their own contributed money and they are fixing the collapsed A-Line Road inside the market.
“By the time they complete it, he will come and commission it and tell the world that he did it again.
“He is a governor without a vision.
“We have 17 local government areas in the state.
“Let him tell us what he has done in each local government area.
“I challenge him to come and give account of his stewardship.
“Let him tell Abians how much he has received as allocation and what project he did with it.
“How can a governor use the military to be intimidating students?”
Ikonne said that Orji deludes himself with unmerited glory, including the usage of a private letter written to him by his (Ikonne’s) father for self-glorification in an advertorial.
He said: “The said advertorial was a private letter my father wrote to him.
“If my father wrote a letter to Chief T. A. Orji, and he, Orji, published the letter in a newspaper, is that not foolishness?
“Is that what Abians want to see?
“A commendation letter?
“Is letter the road Abians want him to do for them?
“Has the publication of that letter been able to tar one kilometre of road?
“In fact, the publication of that did two major things.
“One: he recognises that my father is a first class traditional ruler in Igboland, whose view is respected.
“Two: the publication of that letter exposes Orji’s ineptitude and hunger for cheap publicity.
“If he is working, like his other colleagues, he does not need a letter from any individual to tell the world that he is working.
“I advise him to get to work because his good works will speak for him, the same way his incapability is currently speaking for him.
“The only explanation to that type of action is that he is seeking for cheap publicity.”