Ngige: Vote Governor, Not ‘Standby Generator’

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Senator Chris Ngige, has admonished
the people of Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka Local
Government Area of Anambra State to vote in
a governor they can trust to deliver and
improve their town based on pedigree, rather
than a deputy governor they would merely
claim.
Apparently referring to the running mate of one
of the parties contesting next Saturday’s
election who hails from the town, Ngige told
the crowd that “the time has come for a useful
climax in the long-standing political
relationship we have enjoyed with this
historical town and it is wise to carry it
through to the end, so as to give value to all
your previous sacrifices in the course of this
journey.”
The governorship hopeful, who spoke in both
the Igbo and English told his audience that,
when many towns in Anambra State did not
know where they were going in terms of
exposure, Enugwu Ukwu had cut its teeth in
education exposure and industry in all sphere
of human endeavour.
‘It is too late in the day for anyone to come to
Enugwu Ukwu and give them a stand-by
generator because with your exposure, you
can agree with a governor who will perform
and your town will be better, rather than
associating your name with another
government that would simply occupy space
and dent your image.”
Ngige, who was accompanied by his wife,
Evelyn, former Anambra State Commissioner,
Chief Charles Amilo and members of his team
had earlier paid a condolence visit to the
Nkwocha family at Urukpaleke Village Enugwu
Ukwu, where he urged the family to take heart
on the loss of Chief Mike Nkwocha, a politician
in the town who passed on at 89.
Meanwhile, a pressure group in Anambra
State, Anambra Democratic Vanguard (ADV)
had at a solidarity visit to the Ngige Campaign
Office in Awka, urged the candidate APC to
ignore the distractions of APGA.
Leader of the group, Chief Christopher Mbelu,
while being received by the Director of
Operations in Ngige 2014, Hon Uche
Okonkwo-Okom, referred to a libelous
statement made by one Emeka Umeagbalasi,
against Ngige and his platform on the
Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) and
urged Ngige to such.
In his response Hon Okonkwo–Okom thanked
ADV for their concern for human rights and
assured them that the APC candidate would
not descend to the level of throwing mud
which APGA was instigating through
Umeagbalasi and the ABS.
Also, at a live debate among the governorship
candidates, Ngige has been tipped as the only
one able to address issues of labour in the
state.
The National President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Umar,
had cried out that Anambra state pays the
least salary scale to workers of the state and
local governments.
Umar was actually lamented that the
government under Mr. Peter Obi has refused to
comply with payment of minimum wage in the
state despite all efforts to compel him pay
workers their legitimate entitlements.
Ngige however showed experience when he
stressed that having passed through the cadre
as a civil servant and he was therefore in the
best position to resolve labour issues. He said
that something was wrong with the Internally
Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state as what
is presently being declared is far less than
expectation when compared to what he
generated as governor of the state.