All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday flagged off his campaign at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, where over 100,000 party supporters gathered to cheer and celebrate their heroes.
Among the APC bigwigs who attended were former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu, Edo governor Adams Oshiomhole, Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi, and Imo governor Rochas Okorocha.
Tinubu commended the people of the state for turning out en mass to witness the governorship campaign and praised Ngige, calling him a “tested and trusted candidate.”First son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Sylverster, who attended the rally, urged Anambra people to vote for Ngige on the day of the election.
He believes that of all the candidates that have presented themselves for the contest it is only Ngige that
is most qualified and credible to mange the affairs of the state having been tasted during his 34 months in office as governor.
‘’I have told you whom you will vote for I have looked around and I have discovered that the only person that you will vote for is Senator Ngige.
“The person that went there before did not impress me and I said I do not agree with the person. So I want to make another wish like I did before which you granted me, the person that will restore Anambra State is Ngige,” Ojukwu said.
Speaking at the rally, Ngige decried the high rate of insecurity in the state such as kidnapping, armed robbery and all forms of brigandage as well as high level of youth unemployment.
He promised to tackle them head long if elected into office.
“I will give you people. I want the children of the poor to benefit from education. I will also re-engineer the health sector, water scheme and other sectors that have collapsed in the face of this present administration,” the candidate promised.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who is the National Chairman of Ngige Campaign Committee, advised the Anambra electorate not to allow themselves to be influenced by money bags in order not to sell their conscience and their mandate to a candidate with a questionable character.
Presenting Ngige and his ruining mate, Ralph Okeke, to the electorate Okorocha declared: “Ngige needs no campaign, there is no basis for comparison between him and other contestants; he has worked for you before and he will do more if he is elected as Governor.”
While asking the people to start intensive and aggressive mobilisation for Ngige, Okorocha advised them to not only cast their votes on the day of the election but also to make sure that they stayed and protect their votes.
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, noted that a vote for Ngige is a vote for free and quality education and that Anambra people cannot vote for somebody that is not educated.
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshomole, announced that the era of governing Anambra State from Abuja is over.
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