Ejike Anyaduba
Until the Obiano administration, not much in terms of development was seen in Awka. Previous administrations in the state seemed concerned with efforts to improve development in other sectors of the economy with little or no attention to structural deficit in the state capital.
For a time the state of infrastructural decay in Awka seemed certain of continuing unabated. The road to its attaining the status of a capital city became one hell of a winding path.