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ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Bliss4Lyfe(f): 3:10am On Aug 20, 2013 |
ANAMBRA 2013: want Soludo, others’ disqualification reversed on August 20, 2013 at 12:17 am in Politics BY Our Reporters THE Igbo Youths Movement (IYM) has urged the All progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to reconsider its disqualification of seven governorship aspirants and allow all those seeking the Anambra governorship seat on its platform to take part in the primaries. The party, weekend disqualified former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, former Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Mr. Oseloka Obaze and five after screening all the aspirants. Speaking on the issue, yesterday, IYM President, Evangelist Elliot Uko, pleaded with the APGA hierarchy to reconsider the decision because “it is suspicious and has been fueling conspiracy theory of deliberate ploy to stop some people from running. They should open up the democratic space and let all aspirants take part in the primaries. Meanwhile, the group has commended Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo, who aspiring for the gubernatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on his commitment to Ndigbo since 2007. “IYM appreciates the fact that Nwankpo played strategic role in getting Ndigbo to vote in one direction in the 2007 presidential polls. We commend him for his commitment to building Igbo organizations and assistance to flood victims last year,” Uko said. PDP: We’re not part of any court injunction — Okeke …Says I’m the new face of Anambra One of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirants, Chief Ugochukwu Okeke (Enyioha) yesterday dissociated himself from the alleged injunction by 11 governorship aspirants against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over last week’s congress of the party. Mr. Ugochukwu Adileje, a lawyer, who reacted on behalf of Okeke said the PDP aspirant cannot be part of any gang up, adding that while he (Okeke) believes in the leadership of PDP at the national level and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi’s leadership at the state level, he does not believe in forming a coalition of protesters in the run up to the gubernatorial election. Soludo, Ogene, Odenigbo, Uzoh, Mrs. Ekwunife , Okonkwo, Ndubuisi and Ifeanyi Uba Soludo, Ogene, Odenigbo, Uzoh, Mrs. Ekwunife , Okonkwo, Ndubuisi and Ifeanyi Uba Adileje said, “We are not involved in any court injunction. Our principal is in touch with other aspirants, but not for the purpose of engaging in any protest. We believe that whatever issue affecting PDP will be resolved because we want peace to reign in the party.” I’m the new face of Anambra Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, a PDP governorship aspirant said he is primarily in the race to develop Anambra State and empower youths of the state who have remained unemployed after many years of leaving school. According to him, a blueprint for the development of the state has already been prepared by his campaign organization, adding that many stakeholders in the state were desirous of joining hands with him to move the state forward. The aspirant, who is from Anambra South senatorial zone, said that Anambra indigenes abroad have expressed their desire to join him in attracting international investors into the state, adding that as somebody who has established contacts outside the state, donor agencies would double their interest in Anambra State if he became the governor. He said: “I am a new face of Anambra leadership. I am not a money bag.” My vision bigger than my fear —Ubah Labour Party governorship aspirant for the polls, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah has promised to make security of lives and properties a priority in his administration if elected governor of the state. Reeling out his action plan for the state in his manifesto, Dr Ubah said he would “ensure security of lives and property, preventing, detecting and fighting crime and use of technology to fight crime.” He said, “I have a proven record of investments and capacity to create wealth and employment, which I believe makes me ideally suited to tackle the challenges facing our state. I have also in practical terms created thousands of jobs and empowered thousands of Anambra indigenes, mostly youths. I have no doubt that my leadership will make Anambra better. I am confident that despite the challenging times we have passed through, the trials and tribulations, there are brighter days ahead. We have forgiven and we should also be forgiven for any misunderstandings, conflicts, or shortcomings. Contesting on the platform of the Labour Party, Ubah said “my vision is bigger than my fear; my actions are louder than my words; and my word is my bond. Our beloved state has a rich background of success in many fields of human endeavour. Our people have greatly excelled in politics, commerce and industry, academia, economic development and religion, to mention a few.” Anosike’s clean hands Senator Emma Anosike is not new on the terrain but admits that unlike many old soldiers on the field that he is not a money bag. The former lawmaker and PDP gubernatorial running mate in 2010 told Vanguard that people form the basis of his own strength as he denied being a godfather or having a godfather. “Almighty God is my God-father and I can tell you that so far that I have gone in life was due to Gods support.” On his financial prowess for the contest, he said: “I am not a money bag but my industry is relationship with people and anybody that has the people has the majority. My hands are clean, I feel excited when I’m with them but not excited about their money, I believe in doing things for the less privileged. Every year, I sponsor two thousand widows, I raise money to start up things for them and I support several motherless babies home every year, that is my calling and if I become the Governor of the state, those areas will be key in my government. “I believe in helping people and acquisition of knowledge. They believe money can do all things because some of them are illiterates but for me, knowledge is power and key.” We’ll miss Gov Obi —Ohanaeze The Anambra State chairman of Ohanez Ndigbo, Chief Chris Eluemunoh says the apex Igbo socio –cultural organization, would miss Governor Peter Obi’s wise counseling to the body when he leaves office on March 17, 2014.. Eluemunoh, who spoke when the governor presented a cheque of N2 million to the body, said Ohaneze appreciates the Obi’s efforts both in the development of Anambra State and the promotion of Igbo course in the country. “We are going to miss you as your tenure nears the end for all your support to Ohaneze and for your uncommon development of our state,” he said. Umeh condoles mourning Ekwunife The national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh, has called on all members of the party to unite as a family, so as to face the political challenges ahead of the party. Addressing members of Hon. Uche Ekwunife Campaign Organization when he paid a condolence visit to Hon. Ekwunife in her residence in Awka over the death of her mother, Chief Umeh explained that what happened in the recent past in the party, was not really a battle for supremacy, but a struggle for the common good of APGA and its members. He recalled that during that struggle, Hon. Uche Ekwunife and Chief Austin Ndigwe, stood firmly by him, insisting that he (Umeh) did nothing wrong to deserve persecution at the time. Umeh emphasized that all his efforts were geared towards ensuring that APGA remained a political force to contend with in Nigeria, adding that members of the party must work as a family to ensure victory for APGA in the forth-coming gubernatorial election in the state.http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/anambra-2013-want-soludo-others-disqualification-reversed/ |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Pizzanatty(m): 5:17am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Reverse or no reverse,as long as GEJ will stay in office till 2019 and APC will dismerge after being defeated... |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Kingsley1000(m): 7:00am On Aug 20, 2013 |
OBI AND GEJ HAS A HAND IN SOLUDO'S DISQUALIFICATION..HE DOESNT WANT TO BE EXPOSED.PUMPING ANAMBRA MONEY IN FIDELITY BANK.GOD WILL PUNISH U |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Kingsley1000(m): 7:10am On Aug 20, 2013 |
tankoemmanuel: Yes, he has many secrets to hide. Where is our money? What has he been doing with the excess that comes into his office; the internally generated revenue, the federal allocation, World Bank fund, Local Government allocation, Security Subvention, Ecological fund etc...GUY U'RE ON POINT,DAH MAN IS A GREEN SNAKE IN A GREEN GRASS..HE IS MORE DAN A DEVIL HIDING ANAMBRA MONEY IN FIDELITY BANK.WISH GOD WILL U,I ENVISAGE HIM ENDING UP LIKE IBORI |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by waternogetenemy: 8:00am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Obi and GEJ have no business dictating who governs after him, dat is y we have electorate. |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by RoyalRoy(m): 8:13am On Aug 20, 2013 |
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Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by RoyalRoy(m): 8:16am On Aug 20, 2013 |
A meaningless post. Too much names & jumbled up stories!! Can't make head or tail out of it. Guess the Op copied different stories & lumped them all together!! |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Bliss4Lyfe(f): 8:17am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Royal Roy: A meaningless post. Dat is why the link had been provided. It is the story alright. |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by RoyalRoy(m): 8:19am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Bliss4Lyfe: Well then, not your fault Op....guess the source is not professional in their news collation!! |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by jpphilips(m): 9:15am On Aug 20, 2013 |
Anambra state has been a battle ground for political mischief over the years. Another election is around the corner and the power brokers are at it again, needless to mention the need for the actors and spectators to harmonize political interest. i may not have room to delve into the Man called Ngige as a medical director because we have more than enough facts on the ground to unravel the enigma behind this huge political masquerade of our time. At a time when the govt of Dr chinweoke mbadinuju (odera) like he calls himself have left Anambra state in ruins of sour tales of poverty, underdevelopment, comatose education system and poor Governance.Dr chris ngige with the unrelenting effort of his political God father chris Uba has truncated the franchise of Anambrarians through an election fraud, the first of its kind to be witnessed in any democracy in Africa. In a region where the late Odumegwu ojukwu was honored, respected or even close to being worshiped to say the least. the machinations of Ngige and chris Uba made Ojukwu look like a "political house boy" when the election results were released, no doubt Ojukwu stood firm behind his political son who brandished posters of economic salvation, with logical slogan of "are we cursed or are we the cause?", also sitting at the board of Eleven companies registered in Nigeria, Ojukwu had no doubt that the son in whom he was well pleased has just arrived. That was the first time Dr chris Ngige forcefully took that which belonged to Anambrarians, as law Abiding citizens, Anambrarians went to court. Within the period Ngige was at the helm of affairs in Anambra state, the crook in him manifested once again when he opted to bite the finger that shot him to political limelight, that error in judgement left him in bruises and political epilepsy, Ngige was helpless and being the smart crook he was, he turned to the Masses for his salvation. Not letting chris Uba's carnage to distract him, he took his political trumpet to the rural areas, he mobilized market women en masse and made sure that all the youth groups and associations were not left out in the largesse. Ngige did not stop there, he started massive road constructions in rural areas, he revisited the state General hospitals providing them with ambulance services, he vigorously attended to the backlog of salaries and arrears owed by his predecessor, like a charm in the wind, Ngige became "the Man of the people" and once again wore his crown as "Onwa" like he was fondly called. permit me to state at this juncture that Ngige's road projects were concentrated in his senatorial district and there is a perceived neglect of some core areas of economic interest in Anambra state. Major roads in Onitsha and Nnewi received little or no attention, at a time Ngige was giving Nanka to ekwulobia road a face lift. Anambrarians have tried to Understand the adumberations behind this marginalization of economic interest to no avail, arguments in the political quarters had it that Ngige as an Administrator knows next to nothing where the core interest of the people lies, or he was playing the card of the drowning man who must buy the goodwill of his people under duress, Ngige will later Manifest more of this obnoxious propensity. The Judgement of the court of Appeal who sat in Enugu on the 19th of April 2003 dishonorably deposed him of the executive seat of Anambra state and enthroned the rightful winner, Peter obi. Amidst the unceremonious depose of Ngige, his subterfuge on Anambrarians remained potent, an idiosyncrasy that later crowned him a senator of the federal republic. I choose at this verge to call to memory with revered nostalgia a senator who once represented cross river south constituency, Senator Ita Giwa. It is on record that at a time when the obasanjo administration was dragging its feet over the bakassi peninsular issue, sen. Ita giwa was the first to speak out in condemnation on the quality of attorneys employed to represent the federal Govt. other efforts attributed to her name was the call on the floor of the senate for the federal govt to protect the bakassi citizens who were being victimized in the furore that led to their being Alienated in their own country. this morally bankrupt senator by bigotry standards, threw away what religion defined as morality but took a noble step in the supervision of relief materials and shelter provided for the bakassi people. History holds senator Ita giwa to a high esteem on the succor she brought to the bakassi people. Anambrarians made no mistakes in legitimately catapulting their political masquerade Ngige to the exalted senate chambers where the likes of senator Mike Ajegbo and Florence Ita giwa has made a name for themselves, at the expense of Dora Akunyili. Dora Akunyili like we knew from pedigree brought a comatose Agency to life, Dora put her life on the line to arrest drug counterfeiting in Nigeria. Dora's campaign in NAFDAC till date is still sending reverberating awe to drug counterfeiters who before now ply their trade with impunity. History will be fair to Dora as the only member of the FEC who passed a vote of no confidence on the Yaradua's handlers, at a time when Nigerians were clamoring for the right thing to be done. Amidst these pedigree of victories and a penchant for carrying the interest of the Masses at heart,Anambrarians handed Anambra east to their political Masquerade chris Ngige. By now, i have no doubt in my mind that Sane Anambrarians will be regretting that error in judgement, like some of us who voted "fresh air" but were met with "Patience air", in the end. Within the period Ngige sat firmly in the Senate, deceiving his political houseboys, over 70 bodies were discovered in the Ezu river, there was neither a condemnation nor a strong message to the IGP from the quarters of the self acclaimed "MAN OF THE PEOPLE" even when the whole nation was thrown into pandemonium, the only time he visited was when he heard that the police has hurriedly buried the corpses, till date, there is no extra pressure from the office of the "MAN OF THE PEOPLE" to ensure that the IGP, investigates and bring the culprits to book, i was forced to ask, Does Ngige really know where the interest of his people lie? still pondering over that issue, within his two years in the senate, Anambra nearly lost a vital economic fulcrum to kogi state by the carnage that erupted from the oil prospecting endeavor of orient refinery. perhaps Ngige did not understand the Economic benefits of Anambra being listed as an oil producing state or perhaps the crook in him bifurcated the scenario and aligned with the part that Orient was not in his senatorial district therefore, may not be of any interest to him. Till date, Ngige is yet to make public his statements and also form a committee that will bring the warring parties together in other to hoist the Anambra interest beyond umbrage. I ask again; is Ngige's recumbency a curse or are Anambrarians the cause? Just recently, we saw in the dailies that for two years, the "MAN OF THE PEOPLE" is yet to sponsor a bill in the National assembly amidst huge emoluments and allowances, at a time when sectarian violence is at its unimaginable peak in the north. last year, the sons and daughters of Adazi humbly resigned to fate and committed to mother earth the repose of their brothers who were attacked in the North during a town meeting, do not misconstrue my intentions here, i do not expect Ngige to do the duty of the commander in chief of the Armed forces, no, but i expected the "MAN OF THE PEOPLE" to write a letter of condolence to the affected families, it will not bring back their dead, but it will boost their sense of belonging that the man who got their mandate remembered them in a devastating time like this, I expected Ngige to write to the JTF commander expressing his disgust on the security lapse that led to the untimely death of his kinsmen and also send a strong message on the need for the JTF to intensify their effort in bringing the culprits to book. Has Ngige not failed Anambrarians enough? The climax of this failure was when he put Party interest ahead of the interest of the people who gave him the mandate of representation in the senate, when he rose to the unalloyed defense of his political benefactors to absolve the Governor of Lagos state of any malfeasance in his deportation agenda. Hitherto, i never knew Ngige had the apparatchik and records for press release all these while he was snoring away in the senate, save for the wrong reasons. Ngige saw no evil in dumping 72 anambrarians at the bridge head in the Middle of the night, Destitute at that, people by virtue of circumstances of birth has become vulnerable to all manner of social abuse and threats that comes with night fall, Ngige and his cohorts showed no mercy. Is it wrong for Ngige to use his influence to sway Gov. fashola to ensure that these people were delivered safely to either the Governors Lodge Amawbia or the Govt house in Awka where i believe they can pass the night in the banquet hall or conference room, of course, those were no viable options for Ngige and his cohorts,Just behind the Govt house in Awka is sitting a 90 rooms hotel owned by Ngige himself whose infinite wisdom dictated that these people should be better off in the cold. Today, this Anomie of a senator is coming back home to play on the sensibilities of his political hallelujah supporters, people who have failed to reason that in the deep sense of what a leader should represent, Ngige remained as Unclad as a coconut without his shell, his little lopsided landmark achievements under duress can now be clearly juxtaposed with the real Ngige who has a hatred for his people but becomes their messiah during elections, are Anmbrarians not tired of this political chess game? where the people remain perpetually enslaved in the hands of the kings and queens while they gasp for breath as mere pawns. All the cries of Anambrarians in lagos state this last six months were mere mosquito hums in Ngige's ears, who have avowed to snore himself to the deepest end of slumber. God help Anambrarians if Prof chukwuma soludo scales through the APGA petty screening, Anambrarians will have a choice to correct the error of choosing Ngige over Dora Akunyili, No doubt, that Ngige's Administrative capacity reeks of betrayal, incompetence and performance under duress, Same cannot be said for the Amiable prof Chukwuma Soludo, whose tenure as the Governor of CBN, brought a new Economic focus for Nigeria and Nigerians as a whole. A Man who proved that with a stroke of policy,that he can create more jobs in the private sector than the federal Ministry of labor and productivity, a man who has proved that his economic permutations are legendary and has shown from his manifesto that Anambrarians have a choice to either fumigate their political mosquitoes or leave their fate in the palms of economic Malaria. |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by Bliss4Lyfe(f): 9:34am On Aug 20, 2013 |
@jp philips, great write up, could not have put it better myself. I can still remember the great interest in the media with regards to the Nigeria banking sector under Soludo. Nigeria banks prior to Soludo were generally perceived as third world banks. During his tenure at CBN, Soludo was able to institute reforms that brought the Nigeria banking sector to the world stage that it is today. Nigeria banking module are utilised through out African, u only have to go to places like Ghana and Gambia to see the positive impact Nigeria Banks are making. They are certainly the most postively talked about bank in Europe. (Strong banking sector) Wen it comes to building an economy, the four crucial areas are Infrastructure, Banking and Finance, Power and amenities such as water etc. Soludo tackled one of the most complex sector, revolutionizing Nigeria banking sector, can u now imagine wat he is capable of as Gov of Anambra State. |
Re: ANAMBRA 2013: Want Soludo, Others’ Disqualification Reversed by waternogetenemy: 9:51am On Aug 20, 2013 |
This is how it always starts, wen something very good comes along. Soludo still has my vote. |
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