APC strategises ahead of Anambra governorship poll

Ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a seven– member planning and strategy committee.

The committee was chaired by a former Governor of old Anambra State, Dr. Jim Nwobodo, while a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu would serve as Vice Chairman. Other members include; Senator Emma Agboti from Enugu State, who is the secretary, while Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (Imo), Senator Nkechi Nwogu (Abia), Chief Maduba Cosmas (Imo) and Chief Gbazueagu N. Gbazueagu (Enugu), were members.

Speaking at a meeting of South East leaders of the party hosted by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige at his country home, Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, the National Vice Chairman of the party in charge of South East, Chief Emma Enenkwu said the Anambra election was one in which the APC must show the nation that Igbo people were fully prepared to play the mainstream politics expected of them in the country.

According to him, the terms of reference of the committee includes the monitoring of the political environment in Anambra State as regards the 2017 governorship election and report to the zone; evaluate the aspirants and advise the zone on how best to achieve crisis- free primaries; and advise the zone on best ways and means of raising resources for the election.

While describing Anambra State as the South East’s industrial and business hub, Enenkwu said every right-thinking Igbo person strongly believed that the state could not play the leading role required of it to open up the South East economy from the opposition.

He regretted that notwithstanding the alliance the present administration in the state formed with the past federal government, Anambra State failed to actualise the needed economic revolution in the South East geopolitical zone because the alliance was flawed. “The time to take over Anambra is now.

The Federal Government is our own. It is of APC; the Minister (Ngige) is our own and so the governor, come this 2017 election, must be our own for the needed economic revolution to begin to free us economically and otherwise.

“We must utilise this golden opportunity to salvage our zone and our people must be told of this imperative truth. “The sole aim of the cronies wearing the toga of governorship aspirant was to create discord, distrust and disaffection within APC.

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