THE POLITICAL MANIFESTO OF OBUMNEKE EJIMNKEONYE OKAFOR GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT FOR ANAMBRA 2017 ELECTION Based on 2006 census figures, Anambra state population is 4,182,032. The census was disrupted in Anambra state by a group of freedom fighters. Residents in many parts of the state were not counted. There is an unconfirmed rumor that the number that was given is an estimated figure. Whatever is the case, current population of the state will be above 6 million. Factors that I considered before giving the figure are increase in birth rate, reduction in death rate and massive migration of people from northern regions to Anambra state due to restiveness and activities of terrorists in these regions. Anambra state has enjoyed some levels of good governance when rated with Nigeria standard, but the levels are not good enough. There are many areas where the previous and present administrations didn’t do well. The areas include accountability, even spread of dividends of democracy, budgeting, industrialization, etc. It is my ambition to become governor of the state and fix the areas where previous and present administrations did not do well so that Anambra state will not be rated by Nigeria standard rather by international standard. I have been a leader and an administrator from childhood, thus I am, presently, well groomed to govern Anambra state. I was one of the three troop leaders of a dance troop of a Block Rosary Crusade in Onitsha at the age of 10. In junior secondary school, I was captain of Lion Babes Football Academy, Onitsha. In senior secondary school, I was class prefect and the first Vice President of Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists (JETs) club of Onitsha North LGA. In Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka, I was active in students’ unionism/leadership for two years. In my second job in Spring Bank Limited, I was the Coordinator of Information Technology Group in two regions (Abuja region which comprised north central states and North region which comprised other states in the north). I have been elected for several religious, town union and social positions. I was elected the national Financial Secretary of NAU Alumni body in 2010. Moreover, I have been an administrator in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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