Poll ranks Obiano as best Anambra governor since 1999
THE immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been rated as the best chief executive of the state in the past 23 years, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, trade and investment.
Obiano’s administration was reportedly focused on introducing leadership reforms for optimum social impact, devoid of media fanfare that beclouds the real performance of state governors while they are in office.
In a survey conducted by a financial literacy and content platform, Financial Street ( financialstreet. ng), which targeted project funding, impact and scale of investment as well as security of projects, the immediate past governor was credited with excellence in the three areas.
Speaking on Wednesday, in Lagos, while releasing the result of the survey, the Director of Operations at Financial Street, Mr Ifendu Iwenofu, explained that the firm decided to embark on the poll to gauge public perception on government performance and project relevance to the people.
He said researchers from the firm went round the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra and administered open- ended questions to a random sample size of
1,000 persons in each of the three senatorial districts.
Iwenofu said those targeted were adults of voting age, working class men and women as well as business owners and traders that are/ were Anambra residents.
“The researchers also went round four major markets in Lagos State, which are, on the average of 83 per cent, dominated by traders of Anambra extraction,” the operations director said.
He added, “Financial
Street decided to pick Anambra as a state of interest among three others that were selected. Similar polls will be conducted in Ekiti and Osun states in January or February 2023.”
Iwenofu disclosed that while 79 per cent of respondents rated Obiano above former governors in the area of agribusiness, 71 per cent and 66 per cent said he performed better than previous administrations in investment/ trade and general infrastructure, respectively.
Findings from the poll show that about 61 per cent of respondents rated Dr Chris Ngige as number one in the area of road construction and maintenance, with Peter Obi ( who succeeded Ngige) and Obiano scoring 20 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.