Aninri at crossroads: Why we can’t let APC fail
• By Melody Richmond
“We align to the state which align to the central for what our governor saw which is more promising leverage on our economy… Aninri will continue to progress as we support this government” – Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku
Aninri at its crossroad will never be littled at the mush room political parties that dangles like an aimless cricket in an old forgone house which has no aim than to infuse more dirt even in a clean Conner.
For the first time in years, our communities are seeing tangible change: Smart Schools giving our children access to digital learning, Smart Hospitals improving healthcare at the grassroots, and the 300-bed hospital currently under construction by the LGA Council Chairman, a project that will transform medical access for the entire local government. These results did not happen by accident. They happened because Aninri aligned with the APC, the party in control at the state level, and used that alignment to bring resources home.
Politics is about leverage. When a local government speaks with the same party that runs the state, projects move faster, budgets are defended, and voices are heard in the room where decisions are made. Aninri has that leverage now. To abandon it is to throw away access, delay ongoing projects, and hand back the progress we have fought for.
This is why every Aninri son and daughter, at home and abroad, must understand the stakes. Any shift of interest to another political party, especially to groups like the NDC that have no record of delivering for Aninri and no plan to complete the Smart Schools, Smart Hospitals, or the 300-bed hospital, is not neutral. It is a direct act against Aninri’s interests. It weakens our bargaining power, scatters our votes, and gives the state an excuse to redirect resources to areas that remain politically aligned. In practical terms, it slows down hospital completion, stalls school upgrades, and leaves Aninri on the sidelines while other communities advance.
Parties that appear only during election season, with criticism but no construction, are not offering Aninri an alternative. They are offering distraction. And distraction at this moment is deprivation. It deprives our children of finished classrooms, our sick of a completed hospital, and our families of the jobs and contracts that come with ongoing development.
Aninri cannot afford to experiment with parties that have not shown they can deliver here. The APC has shown results, has projects on the ground, and has Aninri’s leaders in the right rooms. Anyone who tries to pull Aninri away from that path, toward parties with no track record in our local government, is working against Aninri’s progress.
Let every Aninri man, woman, and youth make this clear: our unity is behind the APC, our support will protect the projects already started, and we will disregard any voice or group that seeks to derail Aninri’s advancement. The future of Smart Schools, Smart Hospitals, and the 300-bed hospital depends on staying the course. And the promising 10 kilometers roads across every ward in Aninri.
Protect Aninri’s progress, ignore the progress distractors.