Senator Ahmed Makarfi, presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday decried the state of roads in South-East region.
The PDP chieftain who said he had a horrible experience plying the roads in the South-East while coming to Owerri from Enugu, stressed that the roads is not suitable for pregnant woman.
Vanguard reports that Makarfi spoke in Owerri, during his visit at the Imo State PDP secretariat.
While narrating his experience, he said travelling to Owerri by road had justified his decision that 90 percent of his campaign would be on road projects.
Makarfi said: “As I was coming from Enugu to Owerri, the roads are bad. It is shocking. That is why I said 90 per cent of my campaign will be on road projects.
“Some people asked me to come by air and I said no, why should I do that ? I want to feel the experience of our people and know their pains in view of solving them.”
According to Makarfi, “We must know what the electorate want. PDP is very democratic and it is a party that believes in dialogue. We could not have succeeded in the PDP national convention if many of you did not subscribe to dialogue.
“In 2007, I could have become the president if not for what happened. Then, I did not run away; I contributed my quota. As PDP members, we must believe in the party even when we lose. We must believe that God gives power. If you see me leaving PDP, then I am leaving politics.
“The policy of PDP is restructuring of Nigeria. PDP will bring Nigeria together on how to restructure Nigeria fairly. If you are a member of PDP and you don’t believe in restructuring, you should leave the party.”
While on restructuring, he said: “We should also look at institutional restructuring. If we have institutional restructuring, what happened in the National Assembly wouldn’t have happened. I support state police but we must do it in such a way that it does not serve only political leaders.”
Speaking also, a former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, said: “I don’t know if anybody knows Makarfi more than me because we were colleagues as governors for 8 years.
“During his time as governor of Kadunna state, there was nothing like Christians and Muslims. He abolished it through his policies and Christains and Musilims were the same and lived peacefully.”
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