THE Anambra Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the February 16, 2019, Presidential and National election, Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo, said his party and its Presidential flagbearer, President Mohammadu Buhari and himself, remain the best option for the social-political development of the South Eastern region.
The Senatorial candidate, made the disclosure yesterday in his campaign office, opposite Anambra State Government House Awka while rubbishing claims that President Buhari hated the lgbos because they didn’t vote him in 2015. Okonkwo who is an ICT expert said despite propaganda allegedly sponsored by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr Peter Obi for their personal interest, the APC-led federal government had shown its commitment towards the development of the South- East in all ramifications.
He also refuted insinuations of alleged marginalisation of the region by APC Administration. Okonkwo said, the fake news being disseminated by PDP political officials in the South-East that President Buhari as a person does not like Ndigbo is unpatriotic.
According to him, the on-going projects across the five states in the South- East, Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi and his promise to hand over power to the Igbos in 2023 are pieces of evidence to the determination of the Federal Government to uplift the South-East to unpredictable heights.
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He said President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government within three and half years in office, has rehabilitated and constructed more roads and bridges in the region than the previous 16 years the self-centre government of the PDP that has no developmental identity.
These projects the hopeful senator mention include the rehabilitation of the existing Niger Bridge as well as the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge, emergency repairs of failed sections in Umuahia- Ariam-Ikot Ekpene road in Abia State, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Enugu-Port Harcourt dual carriageway and construction in Enugu State, the ongoing construction of Enugu- Onitsha expressway and the awaiting commissioning of the first executive President of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe Museum in Onitsha, Anambra State and the appointment Mr Frank MBA as the new PPRO force headquarters Abuja, among many others.
He called on the people of the zone to vote APC February 16, assuring them that come 2023 general election, President Buhari will pass the baton of leadership to a Nigerian of Igbo extraction.
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