ENUGU’S MOMENT OF RECKONING: CHIEF UCHE NNAJI EXPOSES THE ILLUSION OF GOVERNANCE UNDER PETER MBAH

In a scathing indictment of the current administration, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji has blown the lid off the media propaganda sustaining Governor Peter Mbah’s government, calling for an urgent political rescue mission to salvage the future of Enugu State. Addressing hundreds of supporters on his return to Enugu, Chief Nnaji declared that the state can no longer tolerate a government running purely on deception, arbitrary taxation, and hollow PR endorsements while basic development remains completely grounded.

​"We need to recover our state. I am the Chairman of the Recover Enugu Committee, and we are going to recover this state for our children, because their future cannot be brought from tomorrow and eaten today. Over one trillion naira has been released to this government—more money than all previous governors in this state received combined—yet you cannot point to any single project executed successfully. Everything is yahoo-yahoo, everything is lies! I have never seen a government in my life where everything is built on absolute falsehood like the present leadership in Enugu State."

​As detailed in coverage by The Guardian Nigeria, Chief Nnaji criticized the administration's reliance on staged public endorsements rather than verifiable infrastructural projects. He emphasized that aggressive taxation policies have suffocated local enterprises, pointing to the economic strain felt across markets by everyday traders and working-class families who bear the brunt of heavy revenue enforcement.

​"They operate a government by media hype and government by lies, chasing manufactured endorsements as if they are chasing the wind. A performing government does not go around hunting for endorsements; your work should be your endorsement! While they distract the public with false allegations against me, our local economy is suffocating under heavy taxation. When even a little girl selling mangoes in the market is asking her mother for 'Peter Mbah's money' before handing over her tray, it shows you how deep these aggressive tax policies have broken our people and chased businesses out of Enugu."

​Reaffirming his commitment to real governance over empty propaganda, Chief Nnaji declared that Enugu is made up of refined citizens who deserve institutional transparency, genuine industrialization, and real job creation. His message remains sharp and unmistakable: the time for political deception is over, and the battle to smoke out bad governance and reclaim Enugu State’s future has officially begun.