(AFRICAN EXAMINER) As the 2027 general Election clock ticks, an influential political group under the platform of Enugu State Patriots, made up of political bigwigs from various parties, have harped on the need for the maintenance of the existing gubernatorial zoning arrangement in the state.

As a result, the group endorsed Governor Peter Mbah for a second term in office following his current achievements in governing the state.

The group stated this on Sunday in a communique Issued at the end of their consultative meeting organized to review the trajectory of governance under the leadership of Governor Peter Mbah.

Setting the tone of the meeting, a ranking  member of the Enugu state House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Chima Obieze, representing Ezeagu State constituency, went down memory lane on how the existing zoning Arrangement has promoted peace and political harmony in the state since the inception of the ongoing democratic governance in Nigeria.

He noted that all the governors that have piloted affairs of the state since 1999 under the platform of the now troubled Peoples Democratic party PDP, did two terms in office based on the zoning arrangements.

 The group therefore declared that Mbah, has done well since assumption of office, and deserves a second term in office, so as to enable him consolidate on his first term achievements.

However, following the persistent internal crisis rocking the opposition PDP at the national level, the group posited that going by the unfortunate development, they may likely pitch tent with another political party in due course, adding that they are waiting anxiously for the governor to take a decision in that regard because Peter Mbah is our party .

The communique read to newsmen at the end of the meeting by Chairman of the drafting Committee, Professor Martin Anikwe, canvassed support for Governor Mbas second tenure in office.

We acknowledge the longstanding relationship between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the South East in general and Enugu State in particular since 1998.

During this period, the region and Ndi Enugu have given the PDP their total support and have equally derived some benefits from the party in terms of development projects and political opportunities. 

Nevertheless, we make bold to say that with Governor Peter Mbahs exceptional performance, he has become a viable political party of his own.

 He is the political party we know and wherever he leads, Ndi Enugu will follow.Therefore, there is no doubt that his second term as Governor of Enugu State is sacrosanct, by Gods grace, in order to continue with the great job he is doing.

Our people are more interested in his vision to grow the states economy from $4.4 billion to $30 billion in eight.

Besides, his second tenure is further assured by the well-entrenched zoning arrangement in Enugu State that ensures that power rotates from one zone to the other every eight years.

This arrangement produced former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani from Enugu East Senatorial Zone (1999 to 2007), former Governor Sullivan Chime from Enugu West (2007 to 2015), and former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi from Enugu North (2015 to 2023), thus setting the stage for Enugu Easts return to the Lion Building through Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in 2023.

After extensive deliberations marked by deep reflections, pragmatism, and underscored by the interest of Ndi Enugu, we resolved to issue the following communique: 

Enugu State Patriots have reviewed the performance of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah as the Governor of our dear state in the past two years and two months. 

We are happy to unequivocally state that he has shone like a million stars and established himself as a poster boy of people-oriented governance at the subnational level.

The Communique enumerated the key infrastructures put in place in different sectors of the state economy by the Mbah led administration in the last two years.

 With about 2,000 ongoing and completed projects across the state and across sectors, he has stamped his authority as a man, who came prepared to the business of governance.

 The completed and ongoing projects include: The 260 Smart Green Schools totaling 6,500 new classrooms; the 260 Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centre totaling 3,300 beds; the ongoing 260 units of 200-hectare Farm Estates across the 260 political wards of Enugu State; his magic touch that raised water production from 2 million litres a day to 120 million litres a day amongst others

Others include, the launch of Enugu Air with three planes, which now makes it possible for Ndi Enugu to go their business in Lagos or Abuja and return the same day; the building of five mega modern Transport Terminals at Holy Ghost, Enugu, Nsukka, Abakpa, and Gariki; the 200 CNG BRT buses with modern bus stops to complement them.

Of course, we cannot forget to mention the marvelous work he has done in the area of security where he not only stamped out the menace of sit-at-home and their criminal enforcers, but also constructed the largest and most sophisticated Command and Control Centre in Nigeria as of today.

The Centre is connected  to AI-enabled cameras installed across the state for full surveillance and synchronised the Centre with over 150 security vehicles all fitted with state-of-the art cameras, just to name a few.

 Amongst those in attendance were serving and former lawmakers, local government chairmen Ex- National Secretary of the PDP, Chief Sunday Udo-Okoye, party chieftains, former Enugu state governorship Aspirant under the APC platform, Chief Ben Eche, and others.


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