By James Nwakpa
As part of activities to contest for the upcoming local government elections in Ebonyi State, the Coordinator of Ekumenyi Development Centre, Hon. Ebere Nwogba has purchased his expression of interest and nomination forms to run for the chairmanship position of Abakaliki Local Government Council under the platform of All Progressive Congress, APC.
Hon. Nwogba in an elated mood while addressing the people of the council during his grand reception at the local government party secretariat Nkaliki, expressed happiness and gratitude to God for his successful purchasing of the forms, and promised effective service delivery if elected into the position.
He promised to embark on developmental projects that would meet the needs of the people through citizens, engagement and community charter of demands instead of imposing projects that would be of little or no value to the people.
The chairmanship candidate who commended Governor Umahi's APC-led administration noted that the governor has transformed the state beyond the expectations of the masses and that the party in Ebonyi State has toed the path of equity and fairness in the zoning of key political positions, and stressed the need to support the party at all levels to win in the forthcoming general elections.
"What you see here in Ebonyi State, you can hardly find it elsewhere in Nigeria. So, the only thing I am pleading with the people of Abakaliki Local Government Area is to cue behind the party that has done us well and pray for His Excellency to finish well and attain a greater height. He has anointed one of us, an Izzi person to fly the flag of APC for the 2023 general elections, and no other party has done this for us. Other parties have disappointed us, and for that, we have no reason not to vote for APC from A-Z" he submitted.
He also extended his gratitude to the APC party, the stakeholders and the good people of Abakaliki L.G.A for the trust and confidence reposed in him by adopting him as the chairmanship consensus candidate of the party in the fast-approaching local government council elections in the area, and assured of his readiness to serve the people if given the chance.
Earlier in their remarks, the state chairman of APC in Abakaliki Local Government Council, Hon. Paulinus Atam, the Coordinators of Onwa Offerekpe Foundation at the national and local government levels, Hon. Kenneth Nwovu and Hon. Paul Igwe Nwachukwu respectively, observed that there is no other functional party in Ebonyi State other than the one under the leadership of His Excellency, Engr. Chief David Nweze Umahi, has endorsed the Speaker, Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru to take the mantle of leadership from the incumbent governor, stressing that the people of Abakaliki L.G.A will vote massively for the party during the incoming elections in the state.
In their goodwill messages, some of the friends and APC faithful in Abakaliki L.G.A, including the National President of Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum who doubles as the SA to the Governor on road maintenance and infrastructure, Hon. Ben Nwovu, the Chairman of Okada Union in Ebonyi State, Comrade Nicholas Akuma and a close ally, Mr Nwambam Sunday, all admitted that Hon. Ebere Nwogba would deliver on his mandate, given his exposure, leadership experience and past antecedents, and wished him well while commending the state governor and the stakeholders of Abakaliki L.G.A for finding him worthy for such a big office.
Recall that Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, EBSIEC has rescheduled local government elections in the state to hold on 30th July 2022.
