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Ohanaeze, Group Endorse Ngige
From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, 01.27.2010

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The support base of the Action Congress candidate, Dr. Chris Ngige for the next month’s governorship election in Anambra State, grew stronger over the weekend as the Ohaneze Ndigbo and Ogbako Anambra in Warri, Delta State openly endorsed him for the election.


At a reception jointly organised in his honour, the two organisations said Ngige’s legacy as a former governor of the state is big challenge to the present and future leaders of the state. According to Chief Cyril Achebe, the President of Ogbako Anambra who chaired the occasion, the verifiable testimonies of good leadership which Ngige bequeathed to the state speaks louder than the voice of promises of other candidates who are contesting against him.


According to a statement signed by Ngige’s Director of Communication, Charles Amilo, quoted Achebe as saying, “To me and all of us here, you do not need to campaign much as your past performance is already doing so. The 34 months you spent as Anambra governor put a lie to the excuses of your predecessors those who bandied the reason of zero allocation from the Federation Allocation for non performance. It made those who came after you to also sit up but the level they have been able to measure up to your achievements is the difference. You made us realise there was enough money to build our roads, pay the civil servants, build hospitals and do other infrastructures”


Achebe further called on the indigenes of the state who are resident in other places but who are registered voters in the state to go home enmasse and vote the candidate of their choice.

In his response, the AC governorship candidate, Ngige thanked them for their support and the reception held in his honour noting that what was witnessed while he was in office was just a little of his overall plans for the transformation of the state.

“I made a solemn promise to God and my people to put smiles on their faces and God answered the prayers. I did not renege on promise. This time will not be different. Similarly, I want to add that the 2010 election is an opportunity to strategize and place our people on the right pedestal for an effective national bargaining.”

In a related development, the Dunukofia Youth League has warned the Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Arthur Ezeh against any attempt to tamper with the smooth conduct of the next month’s governorship election in the local government. In a release in Abuja today, signed by the President and Secretary of the association Chief Eze Chukwuma Ikpo and an academic, Dr. G.O.C Menkiti the league laughed off Prince Eze’s boast to deliver Dunukofia to the PDP, saying he still lives in the past.

“We are no more in the military era when your influence was forced down the throat of our people without result to show for it. We hope you know that godfatherism is dead in Anambra. We hope you also must have been educated enough to know that our votes now count. We know who deserves it”

Pledging their unalloyed support for Ngige and the Action Congress, the Dunukofia League said the massive infrastructural development of the area by Ngige‘s administration has opened the eyes of the six towns that make up the council area to the true test of leadership.

The league therefore called on the INEC to conduct a free and fair election and ensure that the will of the people reigns supreme.