Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state made lots of promises during his election campaign which brought him to office by all means, but one thing Viewers Corner would advise David Umahi to do is this, if he can scale down a bit on his personal and worldly acquisitions and involve some good and honest Ebonyi state people to assist him in economic planning, most probably Ebonyi state would come out of this problem the state is having at the moment.
He should carry all the Ebonyi state people along if he wants to move the state forward and should never eat alone. Again, within a short period of time David Umahi became the Governor of Ebonyi state, he has acquired lots of properties for himself alone. Now if he can be honest a bit and program himself properly, we believe sincerely that the allocation he gets from the federal government and his internally generated revenue from his state will be more than enough to create good facilities that would benefit the people of Ebonyi state and before he came to power as the Governor of Ebonyi state, he made lots of promises but now he is dancing to another tune. This is too bad. Again, during his election campaign, he talked so much against the policies of the previous administration led by Martin Elechi. David Umahi even said that the loan his predecessor took from the capital market has put the state in bondage and promised not to do the same thing but now he is saying a different thing altogether.
Honestly, Viewers Corner believes that Governor David Umahi is confused and does not have plans for Ebonyi state because he does not know how to make his state viable by using the available resources. Therefore, our (Viewers Corner) advice again to David Umahi is for him to be honest and use the available resources within Ebonyi state to create all the amenities that would benefit the people of his state. Viewers Corner would also advise David Umahi to take example from Governor Obiano of Anambra state and Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River state. These two governors are among the great leaders in Nigeria. David Umahi of Ebonyi state can learn the act of good governance from these Governors so that he can govern Ebonyi state nicely.
Recently, Governor David Umahi announced that he will give the workers in his state a 13-month pay, Viewers Corner call this system an economic waste. This system will hurt the Ebonyi state badly, what he should do is to pay the workers their salary based on the previous 50% increment the previous administration of Martin Elechi was paying them before David Umahi came into power and cut it off. Please keep to the original pay structure which was in use before you became the Governor of Ebonyi state as the previous administration had done. It would be better if David Umahi keep to that plan, carry out economic reforms and use part of this money you are planning to pay the workers which is regarded as your 13th month pay bonus to create better facilities in the state that would benefit all the people of Ebonyi state. If you would increase workers pay which is good, it should be done on a gradual scale but certainly not the way you are planning because it may hurt Ebonyi state in the long run.
Source: Viewers Corner News, Germany.