BUHARI LEADS NWOYE’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS I LOVE ANAMBRA
BUHARI LEADS NWOYE’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS I LOVE ANAMBRA
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
led the flag-off of the campaigns of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship candidate, Dr Tony Nwoye in Onitsha.
Buhari, represented by Vice President
Prof Yemi Osinbajo, told a huge crowd that gathered at the All Saints Cathedral
field that he had so much love for the state.
He enjoined the people of the state
to ensure the party’s candidate, Nwoye who he described as the best, was
elected on November 18.
The vice president led a huge number
of bigwig politicians from the party, including 12 governors, 10 senators, 17
ministers, five deputy governors, the national chairman of the party, Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun and former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo
during the rally.
Osinbajo said, “Buhari loves Anambra
State. This is one state that is dear to him. When he ran for president the
first time, he chose one of your sons, Chuba Okadigbo as his running mate, when
he ran the second time, he chose your son too; Edwin Umezuoke as his running
mate. It is because of this love that the president himself went to negotiate
for the second Niger Bridge, and that is why that bridge is in the budget
today.
“Anambra was among the first state to
benefit from our home grown school feeding programme. We will not make any
promise that we will not fulfill. If you make the right choice, you get the
right result. That is why we are giving you Tony Nwoye,” Osinbajo said.
National Chairman of the party, Chief
Odigie-Oyegun while addressing the crowd said APC was ready to remove the
government in power in the state, and that it would not be a new feat for it as
it has removed a sitting government before and was ready to do so again in
Anambra.
He insisted that the only option for
the Igbo nation to take their proper place in Nigeria was to be connected to
the centre by joining the APC.
“Nigeria is standing on a tripod, and
one leg of that tripod is missing, and that one leg is Igbo. We need Anambra, I
insist that the only sure path for the Igbos to national leadership is to join
the APC,” he said.
Meanwhile, Imo State governor, Chief
Rochas Okorocha has begged Anambra people to give him a brother-governor to be
with him in Abuja to strengthen his lone voice during arguments among the
party’s governors’ caucus.
Okorocha who spoke at the rally said,
“During arguments, I look around and am the only person, whereas El-rufai is
there causing trouble, I see Governor Lalong trying to defend his people, I see
Ajimobi, but I am the only voice for Ndigbo. I beg you to please give me a
brother-governor.”
The party’s candidate, Dr Nwoye
during his speech called on the people of the state to take him by his words as
they remain his bond. He said he would work hard to return Anambra to the path
of greatness again if elected next moth.
He said Education and job creation
would constitute the major trust of his government as he would work to boost
the standard of education by slashing fees, payment of bursary and ending youth
joblessness.
The high point of the rally was the
handing over of the APC flag to the candidate, Nwoye by the national chairman
of the party.
Similarly, the National chairman of
People for Democratic Change(PDC), Alhaji Mudi Waziri has handed the flag of
the party to its standard bearer, Peter Chibike for the same election.
Waziri who was represented by the
state chairman of the party, Hon Isaac Onuka said the presentation was
symbolic, urging the candidate to fly the party’s flag in the election with
dignity, but insisting that only God makes a leader, and as such, it would not
challenge whoever wins the November 18 election.
Chibike said Anambra needed someone
with passion, foresight and strength to take her to the next level of
development, and that he represents that perfectly.
