This is an assessment of the governor’s performance since he assumed office in May 2023.
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He equally built 96 public taps, otherwise known as water galleries, across the state to enable households and establishments yet to be connected to the water pipeline grid to have water.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.
The governor, nevertheless, acknowledged that distributing the water to various homes has been a challenge to his administration. However, while the decision may augur well for the state’s IGR in the coming years, residents and businesses lament the situation. But an economist, Cletus Agu, told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Mbah’s heavy investments in infrastructure, education and security will drive economic growth later.
Mr Mbah subsequently set up a new police team called Distress Response Squad to patrol the metropolis and respond to security emergencies. The governor provided the new police team with vehicles to aid their patrol operations.As a result, security in the state has improved significantly although pockets of attacks are still being recorded. The IPOB’s sit-at-home, though yet to end, has waned in the state.
Mr Mbah recently began the construction of a 40-kilometre Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Neke-Ikem Dual Carriageway. Observers and critics say the governor ought to have sited the transport terminal in a virgin land like the spaces available in Opi Junction rather than demolish the market which provides livelihood for the traders in the face of biting economic hardship.“There is no way anybody can justify the governor’s action no matter how well-intentioned the actions are.
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