Mataimakin shugaban kasa, Kashim Shettima, ya yaba da irin gagarumar gudunmawar da jihar Imo ta bayar ga ci gaban siyasa, tunani, da tattalin arzikin Najeriya cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata, yana mai bayyana jihar a matsayin babbar aminiyar ci gaban kasa.
Da yake jawabi a ranar Asabar Da ya gabata, a yayin bikin na Golden Jubilee na kirkiro jihar Imo, VP Shettima ya isar da fatan alheri ga shugaban kasa Bola Tinubu, tare da tabbatar da yanayin rawar da ya taka a teburin kasa.
Ya yabawa jagororin siyasar jihar, nasarorin tunani, basirar kere-kere, da kuma karfin aikin noma, musamman a fannin noman dabino, inda ya bayyana cewa a ko da yaushe jihar Kudu maso Gabas ta wadata Najeriya.
Mataimakin shugaban kasar ya bayyana Gwamna Hope Uzodimma, inda ya bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya kawo sauyi a tarihin siyasar zamani na Imo, wanda ya dawo da da’a, tsare-tsare, da karfin hukumomin gwamnati.
“Gwamna Uzodimma ya bambanta kansa fiye da mai kula da halin yanzu, shugaba ne wanda ya fahimci cewa mulki ba gidan wasan kwaikwayo ba ne, amma aiki. A karkashin sa ido, Imo ya sake gano tsarin tsare-tsare, jajircewar gyarawa, da kuma kwarin gwiwa na sake shiga tattaunawar kasa a matsayin jihar da aka shirya don dacewa,” in ji shi.
VP Shettima ya samo gadon shugabancin Imo ne daga Dokta Kingsley Mbadiwe, wanda “Karfin harshe ya inganta tunanin siyasar Najeriya,” zuwa ga Sam Mbakwe, gwamnan Kuka mai farin jini, da Rochas Okorocha, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin babban tarihin Najeriya don ayyukan agaji da yara marayu a fadin kasar.
Ya kuma bayyana tasirin ilimi da al’adu na jihar, musamman ta hanyar Cif Flora Nwapa, “mahaifiyar adabin Afirka na zamani,” wanda ya ba matan Afirka “muryar adabi a lokacin da ake tsammanin shiru daga gare su.”
Mataimakin shugaban kasar ya yi bikin bayar da gudunmawar Imo ga Nollywood ta hanyar ‘yan wasan kwaikwayo irin su Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, da Kanayo O. Kanayo, da kuma mawaki Onyeka Onwenu, wanda “ya sanya sautin Najeriya a fagen duniya tare da alheri da tabbaci.”
Hakanan Karanta: VP Shettima Ya Bude Shirin Ci Gaban Shekaru 25 Ga Yankin Kudu
A kan ci gaban tattalin arziki, ya amince da karfin Imo a fannin noma, musamman samar da dabino a gidan gona mai tarihi na Ada dabino, da kuma cibiyoyin kasuwanci masu fa’ida daga Nkwo Orji zuwa kasuwar Orlu ta kasa da kasa.
Ya yaba da kayayyakin ilimi na jihar da suka hada da Jami’ar Fasaha ta Tarayya, Owerri, da Jami’ar Jihar Imo, inda ya bayyana ilimi a matsayin babbar masana’antar Imo.
“Yawan karatu ya kasance a cikin mafi girma a cikin al’umma, kuma masu digiri daga Imo suna gogayya da kwarin gwiwa a kowane fanni,” in ji VP Shettima.
Har ila yau, ya bayyana damar da ake samu a bangaren mai da iskar gas na Imo a Ohaji-Egbema da Oguta, da kuma damar da za a iya samu a fannin sarrafa noma, makamashi mai sabuntawa, sarrafa ma’adinai, yawon shakatawa, da tattalin arzikin dijital.
Mataimakin shugaban kasar ya yaba da fitowar Owerri a matsayin babbar cibiyar karbar baki, tare da lura da cewa “tsaro ya kasance wata kadara ta tattalin arziki kuma zaman lafiya, idan aka girma, yana samar da wadata.”
Da yake kira ga jihar da ta yi amfani da bikin jubili na zinare a matsayin matattarar ruwa na tsawon shekaru 50 masu zuwa, ya ce, “Dole ne a sabunta hadin kai, dole ne a karfafa kirkire-kirkire. Dole ne gwamnati ta kasance cikin mutuntaka da da’a, dole ne siyasa ta koma aiki.”
A jawabinsa, Gwamna Uzodimma ya yi alkawarin cewa jihar Imo za ta ci gaba da bunkasa tare da rungumar sauye-sauyen zamani cikin shekaru hamsin masu zuwa. Ya yi tunani a kan halittar jihar a cikin 1976, yana mai lura da hakan alama ce ta ‘yanci da dama. Ya godewa Allah da ya dawwamar da jihar tsawon shekaru 50 tare da bayyana fatan alheri ga makomarta.
“Mun samu ci gaba mai ma’ana a matsayinmu na al’umma da kuma a matsayinmu na Jiha, ko shakka babu muna samun ci gaba cikin sauri cikin hadin kai, tsayin daka da kuma dogaro ga Allah.
Mun ga Owerri ya rikide daga gari ya zama cibiya. Abin da ya ba mu hadin kai shi ne ruhin ’yan Imo da ba za su iya karewa ba,” inji shi.
Shugaban taron kuma tsohon Sakatare-Janar na Commonwealth, Cif Emeka Anyaoku, ya yabawa nasarorin da Gwamna Uzodimma ya samu a bangarori kamar su sufuri, kudi, da noma, yana mai bayyana gwamnatinsa a matsayin wani abin alfahari a jihar Imo, wanda ke ba da gagarumar gudunmawa ga tattalin arzikin Najeriya.
Cif Anyaoku ya yi addu’a don ci gaba da samun ci gaba a juyin siyasar Najeriya, yana mai jaddada matsayin zabe a matsayin tsarin dimokuradiyya.
A sakon sa na fatan alheri, gwamnan jihar Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji, ya ce gwamna Uzodimma ya zama abin koyi a tsakanin takwarorinsa, inda ya ce yanzu haka sauran gwamnonin suna yin koyi da nasarorin da ya samu.
Obi na Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, ya godewa jihar Imo bisa yadda ya tsara rayuwarsa ta farko sannan ya yaba wa Gwamna Uzodimma “da ya nuna jihar Imo ga duniya.”
Har ila yau, Ooni na Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Oba Ojaja II), ya yi addu’ar ci gaban jihar Imo da Najeriya, tare da dorewar hadin kai a fadin kasar nan.
Aisha. Yahaya, Lagos
