Anambra guber: Traders endorse APC candidate, Ukachukwu

Traders in Anambra, on Saturday, endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Nicholas Ukachukwu, for the November 8, 2025, governorship election in the state.

The traders, from over 1,000 markets across the Anambra North, Anambra South and Anambra Central Senatorial zones, said they were tired of insecurity and other challenges facing the state under the incumbent Governor Charles Soludo.

According to them, markets suffer from infrastructural deficits, insecurity, a dwindling economy, and multiple taxation, thereby making it difficult for their businesses to thrive, so they could contribute meaningfully to societal development.

Speaking at an interactive session with Ukachukwu, the spokesman for the group, Nze Theo Obiora, described Ukachukwu as detribalised and God sent, noting that his coming to power would reposition Anambra.

Obiora, who said that the Anambra populace across the 326 electoral wards had been fed up with Governor Soludo’s administration, added that they would commit their resources towards replacing him with Ukachukwu.

Also speaking, another trader, Mrs Joy Ogbuka, recalled how Ukachukwu, as a passionate businessman, had empowered and assisted several traders, evidence that he would do more if elected.

Ogbuka, who dismissed the claims from some quarters that traders were for Soludo, reassured the APC flag bearer that the market leadership would mobilise most members to vote for him.

Addressing the traders, the APC governorship candidate, Ukachukwu, pledged to run a government of inclusivity, which, according to him, would empower every trader irrespective of state of origin, tribes or religion.

He also promised to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, including improved access to credit facilities and a clear economic blueprint to boost local trade and attract local and foreign investors.

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