The Enugu West stakeholders meeting with Governor Peter Ndubsi Mbah held on 4th October 2025 in Enugu brought before the people, the realities in the saying that ‘deviance is the mother of change’ and that ‘Change’ in itself, is the only thing permanent’ in the phenomenal life of man.
By his mantra of “disruptive innovation…”, the Governor of Enugu state, Barr. Dr. Peter Ndubisi Mbah has no doubt placed the state under a process of social, political and economic transformation targetted at changing the tempo of development from the immediate past system of administrative politicking to that of impactful governance where equity and balance is supreme.
Judging from strides already made within the past two years, Enugu state is occupying the prime front seat among the federation units that have peformed well viewed from both the national and international prism.
As a matter of fact, the 4th October 2025
Enugu West Senatorial meeting with Governor Mbah was assessment oriented and provided avenue for direct contact with the man so much talked about in recent time.
This is a man who has taken steps to turning felt adversities to visible prosperity and in a clime where great number of deviants and doubting Thomases never sieze to exist.
The forum provided the much needed vista to enable His Excellency the Governor speak oh his disruptive innovation which until that fateful had been a remarkable deviation from staus-ante.
Viewed critically, that 4th October 2025 outing also was incisive and direct as it optimally addressed areas in the agenda of government which the opposition clandestinely turned upside down with clauses of misinformation, misperception, misbranding as a means to creating lines of incongruities against genuine efforts of Governor Peter Mbah the state to better their lot.
Sounding soft but with deep eloquence, Governor Peter Ndubisi Mba clearly reeled out his record of service in the past two years and satisfactorily placed before his Enugu west audience his well researched eight year socio-economic development blueprint for Enugu state.
Opening up on the health sector, the state’s number one citizen assured that Enugu would in no distant time become the grand destination for persons seeking world class medical attention.
According to him, work is progressing on the world-class health facility sited in the state capital which upon completion would end the reign of foreign health tourism by Nigerians.
Governor Mbah told participants at the meeting that expert support is being sort from foreign medical giants for the facility while the 260 type 2, hospitals at the ward level is recieving due attention.
He announced in addition that the 21 functional medical centers are also due for upgrade under his health system improvement program.
The state Chief Executive took his audience made up of distinguished professors, erudite legal personnel, Engineers and professionals through the mind buggling journey of industrial and infrastructural development going on across sectoral divides in the state and while not claiming 100% perfection in all the steps taken, he classically enumciated reasons behind noticeable delay in the actualisation of his total dream on water supply.
He however assured the Stakeholders that all observed setbacks impeding progress in that sector are being sorted out as water would soon be reticulated to homes as pledged.
He did not hesitate in taking a swipe at those looking down on the green smart schools projects noting that the growth and development of any country’s economy greatly depends on the number of digitally equipped productive population.
According to him, by deliberately making a total of 33% budget allocation to the education sector this year, the smart school project has been inaugurated and would facilitate the state’s smooth trajectory towards a digital and technological takeoff just as he highlighted the fact that the development of any economy is greatly hinged on the availability of skilled and smart man-power population.
He cited the examples of China, Japan and other nations in the Asia Tiger region pointing out that they took advantage of advanced digital technology to become the envy of the Western world today especially in the areas of high-tech-innovations and manufacturing of exportable products.
The governor remarked that although his administration may not be there to see the initial harvest of maiden products of this huge investments beung made in the smart schools, records would forever be there to prove him right in due time.
All through his 45 munutes straight address bridged by intermittent ovations, Governor Mbah resonated the consciousness of the people when he announced the decision of his administration to institute a viable and functional tourism and hospitality industry in Enugu state.
He pointed at landmark locations within Enugu West where advanced moves had been successfully initiated to ensure immediate flag off of projects associated with the new concept.
In the same vein, he took time to speak on hotel and hospitality subsector and told his audience that work is equally ongoing on a standard hotel complex beside the International Conference Center, Independence layout Enugu which would on completion complement services rendered by the imperial Presidential Hotel in the center of Enugu capital territory.
As a matter od fact, many present at the meeting who had come believing it was an opportunity to throw political punches got disappointed because they coud not see in Governor Mbah the character and personality for that.
Yours sincerely who had been watching on the sideline since May, 2023 took the opportunity of that gathering to reconnect with friends I had not sighted for long owing to unwarranted divide insuanated through personal interests of those in power.
Now, today, the flood has come and gone leaving the surface dry. No more smokescreen iand all can now see clearly so one can comfortably say: “Physician heal thyself”.
May I say to my friends, welcome to the house and for those who missed that 4th October speech by His Excellency, I humbly urge you to queue in and never be left out anymore “maka na mmiri-ezogo-gbachaa”.
Call me an Aposle of PNM and see if I won’t answer Yesss !
These are: My Views:My New Mindset.
Ndewoonu !!!
