Nigerians have lost confidence in government — Okonjo-Iweala
The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the people of Nigeria no longer have confidence in their government, as they do not believe the government can do anything for them.
She made this revelation while addressing Nigerians virtually at the inauguration of the 100-member Abia transition council.
The former finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala, said Alex Otti, the governor-elect, must deliver a transparent and clean government.
She told the incoming administration to concentrate efforts on “disruptive strategies rather than traditional operational systems. ”
“I told the governor-elect that everything we’ll do will depend on this governance.”
“Nigerians, especially from that side of the south-east, have lost faith in governance.
“They no longer believe the government can provide anything for them.
“They provide for themselves boreholes, electricity and every other thing for themselves.
“Although that is entrepreneurial, but on the other hand, that is not how to run the place.”
She told the governor elect to deliver a “better and cleaner, transparent governance” that should be exemplary to everyone.
She said through the governor elect, “there is a unique chance to set Abia on the right side of development and modernisation through digital disruptive technology”.
On his part, Otti thanked everyone, who honoured the invitation to be part of the council, for joining him to “create a new Abia”.
Otti said: “The good news is that we are prepared to do that work and I have a lot of hope that I can draw from your expertise,” he said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in March declared Otti as the winner of the Abia State governorship election.
He gathered the total votes of 175,467 to conquer Okey Ahiwe who’s his closest challenger and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 88,529 votes.
