Anambra poll: YPP candidate pledges to tackle insecurity, revive businesses

From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha

The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has vowed to decisively tackle insecurity and allow businesses to thrive across all parts of the state.

Chukwuma said he will prioritise the restoration of law and order across all parts of Anambra currently experiencing security challenges as part of efforts to boost business activities, especially the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that drive the state’s economy.

He stated this in Enugwu-Ukwu town, Njikoka LGA of the state, when he and his running mate were hosted by the founder of Mega Abattoir and Suya Spot, Chief Michael Obidi.

Chukwuma, who was highly impressed by the entrepreneurial resilience of Chief Obidi, noted that it was remarkable that despite the harsh business environment in the state, Mega Abattoir is thriving.

The elated YPP governorship candidate added that when elected as governor of Anambra State, his administration shall create a good security atmosphere necessary to bring back Anambra’s lost nightlife.

He also pointed out that such ventures will be replicated across many towns and suburbs of Anambra, which will not only expand the state’s productivity but also create more jobs for Ndi Anambra.

He equally promised to relieve the excessive tax burden currently placed on the necks of many MSMEs by the Soludo administration.

He said: “In Anambra today, it is sad that businesses, especially MSMEs, are being harassed by multiple government agencies to pay all manner of taxes and levies that eventually find their way into the private pockets of the many revenue contractors being used by the Soludo administration to complicate tax collection.

“This makes running a business in Anambra draining. When you factor in the insecurity that makes businesses close on time, you begin to wonder how Anambra intends to become a serious economic giant.

“It is disheartening that today in Anambra, by 7pm, almost every city or town is deserted, as people rush to get home. Movements between communities become risky. How do economic activities thrive in such an environment?

“Instead of focusing on the things that matter to the majority of Ndi Anambra, the present state government decided to spend unnamed billions to build swimming pools and ‘jangleovers’ in Awka.

“Is it not someone who has fed his family that will have time and money to go and swim in Soludo’s pools or swing in his jangleovers?”

Earlier in his welcome remarks, Obidi, a strong supporter of YPP, said that Sir Paul Chukwuma understands what it means to run a business and the challenges entrepreneurs in Anambra face, especially due to the failure of the state government to create a breathing space for businesses.

The Deputy Governorship candidate of YPP, Chief Uzuegbunam Okagbue, in his remarks, decried the growing hardship in Anambra with the disposable income in the pockets of households shrinking by the day due to declining productivity.

Okagbue promised Ndi Anambra that with a YPP government in the state led by Sir Paul Chukwuma as Governor and himself as Deputy Governor, Anambra State will rise again.

The YPP Guber candidate, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and his running mate, Chief Uzuegbunam Okagbue, alongside members of the YPP campaign team, were treated to a rousing and electric reception in the Enugwu-Ukwu community.