Vice President, Kashim Shettima has stated that President Bola Tinubu is committed to addressing the infrastructural gaps in the South East, Edum News reports.
He stated this while speaking at the launching of the 5th Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinic in Enugu.
He announced grants of N150,000 for outstanding MSMEs in the state, adding that the erosion issues in the Southeast region will also be addressed.
Shettima praised the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah’s impressive performance in transforming Enugu, lifting its residents out of poverty and fostering economic growth.
He noted that under Mbah’s leadership, Enugu has undergone significant positive changes in a short period.
He stated, “Until the emergence of Governor Peter Mbah, Enugu was a sleepy town that didn’t even have water supply.
“So, Your Excellency, we want to thank you. We want to commend you. We want to identify with you. Honestly, I’m quite pleased to be in your midst this afternoon. We’ve had some very fruitful discussions with the honourable speaker.
“The problems of the Southeast are problems of infrastructural deficit; problems of erosions that are affecting the very livelihood of our people.
“We’ve made arrangements with him(speaker). We will sit with the leadership of the national assembly. We’ll sit with the governors of the South East and come up with a whole solution to deal with the erosion especially, in the states like Anambra and Abia, and even Enugu is not left out of this scourge of erosion. These are issues that need practical solutions.
“In all honesty in terms of governance, we’ve never had it so good in the South East like the current dispensation. We have to sustain that brotherhood, that relationship for the good of our people. Through development, through investments in education, we can change the narratives from negativity to positivity.
“The President told me that I must come to Enugu and assure the good people of Enugu that our government must do whatever we can to support the people of the Southeast”.
Written by Hope James
