Senator Chris Ngige, former Anambra State Governor and Labour and Employment Minister, during an interview with The Nation correspondent, reflects on his time in the Government House, and lamented how his successor, Mr. Peter Obi, who inherited many of his projects, failed to give him any credit.
When he was talking about his successor during the interview, Chris Ngige said, “In my handover note to Mr. Peter Obi, they affirmed that I had N13.8 billion left in all the various accounts. He is not the only person who left money. I left money for him, but he’s not talking about it, and that is not good.”
He stated that he had left money for his successor in all the accounts. He added that he also implemented articulated education, which allowed students to progress from JSS3 into UBEC, noting that this was the original idea behind UBEC.
According to him, some of the secondary schools during his tenure received new classrooms and new equipment. He claimed that the donation of computer systems later carried out by Obi was actually his own idea, explaining that he had paid for HFP computers, purchasing 2,000 units.
He further said that he had renovated many hospitals, pointing out that, as a doctor, he took particular interest in improving healthcare facilities.
He recalled that the Onitsha General Hospital did not have good theatres when he returned as governor, and that while two theatres were in operation during his tenure, he added three new ones upon his return. He explained that he also ordered medical equipment because he wanted Onitsha to develop into a specialist hospital that the Federal Government could eventually convert into a medical centre, which, he noted, had now become a reality.
