Bad economy: Madumere urges Imolites to put on their thinking cap

By COLLINS Ughalaa

The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has felicitated with the people of Imo State and Nigerians in general, calling on Imo people to put on their thinking cap in the face of the downturn in the economy of the state and the nation. In a press release he signed, the Deputy Governor said that Imo people and Nigerians should change their attitude towards work and consider the economic situation as a passing phase in our national life and not to be downcast. He said: “May I use this occasion to urge our people not to be downcast with the present economic downturn. I would implore us to see it as a passing phase of our National life. I also believe that the best response to the present realities is to begin to change our attitude to work and put on their thinking cap to more creative, productive and patriotic towards building a strong Nigerian with diversified economy.” He commended the people of the state “for embracing and imbibing democratic culture especially through participatory democracy and their elected representatives. You have continually made inputs through various avenues and fora, which has helped in churning out people oriented policies at the State and Federal level.” The Deputy Governor also commended Governor Rochas Okorocha “for his democratic ideals, visionary leadership and monumental feats, which I attributed to Governor's unrepentant democratic culture and for upholding freedom of speech and other fundamental rights of the people in all ramifications. To demonstrate his bid to ensure Imo people become the sovereign, he gave power back to them to the extent that everybody is free to express himself and contribute his quota without any fear of molestation or intimidation as was the case in the past.” He added: “I cannot forget to also praise our great party, the All Progressives Congress Party for her unrepentant stance on ethos of democratic ideals, which is giving Nigerians a new lease of life under the able leadership of President Mohammadu Buhari. As we are aware, our President Buhari has given the right leadership, which can be deduced from his undaunting effort to sanitizing the Nigerian system by making it corrupt free and respectable in the comity of Nations.” He also encouraged all Nigerians “to take part in the democratic process towards building a Nigeria of our collective dream. And for me, it is the people, if you like the governed, that deserve all the accolades. I vote them the winners in the Nigerian democratic experience of seventeen years.”