The Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in Imo State, Mr Uche Odunzeh, has promised to engage the youths in meaningful ventures as a means of tackling insecurity in the state.
Odunzeh, who made the promise at the party’s stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri, said empowering youths and reducing unemployment would ensure lasting peace and security in the state.
“It is time for us to hand over the state to the youth so that we can bring lasting peace to the state.
“If you do not carry the youth along, there will always be problems,” he said.
Odunzeh, an entrepreneur, said he was running for the November 11 governorship poll with an “executive experience and track record of providing private sector jobs for over 20 years”.
He said: “A new Imo is possible; the people are yearning and are ready to take back their state through the NNPP.
“Nobody will stop us.
“We might not have the financial capacity like other parties, but what we know is that we have the voice of the people and it is high time the people took back their state.
“This will be a consensus campaign, so I urge all leaders in the state across party lines to join the NNPP campaign for a better and new Imo,” NAN quoted him as saying.
The gubernatorial candidate further promised to improve the lives of the people, especially children as well as the education and health sectors, road infrastructure and real estate development.
“Imo will thrive again because I will be that bridge builder between the youth and all the citizens,” he further said.
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