The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba has said he would conduct local government election within first six months of his first tenure as governor.
He said the local government is the pillar of rural development, stating that Obiano administration had deprived people of the state the grassroot governance that they deserve.
Uba, gave the promised while addressing party faithfuls at a joint meeting with local government and ward executives of the party in Awka, on Sunday.
He said: “My administration will conduct local government election within my first six months as governor of Anambra State because that is the best way to develop the local government and the rural areas.”
While the guber candidate urged the party faithful to join his campaign train and ensure they deliver in their respective wards, he assured that his party would not give room to any form of malpractice prepared by the rival political parties.
Stating reasons to support the apex party, he said, ” my government would have direct access to the federal government unlike what is currently experienced by the incumbent government in the state where they struggle to gain attention of the federal government for projects and interventions.
“The results of the election can never be written by anybody not even any rival party. It would be voted and APC will emerge victorious. We must come together, pray and work hard for God to give us victory.”
Also addressing the party faithful, the Director-General of the Andy Uba campaign organization, Paul Chukwuma said the party would kick off ward / local government tour on Tuesday 19th October, 2021.
According to the DG, the campaign programme would kick off with trips to Onitsha North and South on Tuesday, 19th and would end Sunday, 31st October, 2021. He said the party would, on 3rd October, round off all local government activities with mega rally in Awka.
He reemphasized importance of active participation in the run-in to the Anambra poll and advised the stakeholders to garner votes to ensure that maximum vote is acquired for the party to clinch victory in the election.
Earlier in his opening remark, the State chairman of the party, Chief Basil Ejidike noted that the gathering was to strategise on the way forward for the success of the party in the election.
He reechoed that the Andy Uba government would conduct the local government election and that the Uba administration political will to attract best of the brains for the success of the state.
He said it is to brief the principal actors for the election on the strategy of the party towards winning the upcoming election.
Present at the stakeholder meeting ere member of the APC state working committee, APC House of Representative and Assembly members, local government and ward coordinators as well as campaign council in the party’s 326 wards in Anambra State.
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