A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Uche Ekwunife, has declared her intention to vie for the governorship race in Anambra.

Ekwunife, the member representing Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, declared her interest at a forum with newsmen in Awka on Sunday.

The lawmaker said that she was motivated to vie for the post to serve the people.

“My motivation for running is service to the people. The governorship position is a huge responsibility that one uses to touch people’s live.

“In terms of knowledge, exposure, experience, understanding the job and being a good legislator, I have what it takes to govern the state.

“Being a woman is not an impediment but rather an advantage.

“And where people think of the aspect of culture which demands that only men break kola, I have never seen a male governor breaking kola either.

“When Dame Virgy Etiaba was there as a governor for few months, am sure you saw the remarkable improvement she made.

“What we should talk about is someone who would bring the desired change that we need in the system.”

According to her, the House of Representatives is the only place where you have the largest chunk of elected people with versatile knowledge.

Ekwunife argued that having represented her people well at that level, she was willing to bring the knowledge to the state.

“There is still a whole lot to do in the area of roads, talk about health, women empowerment, poverty eradication, industries, among others.”

She described the crisis rocking APGA as a family affair, which would fizzle out in no time.

“There are always litigations in politics, confusion and controversies.(NAN)

adaobi123: Chris Ngige !!!!!

Afam4eva:
Why?

adaobi123:

Hes the best out of all of them.

He even repaired our road in my village sef, after how many years of neglect

Afam4eva:
About him being the best, i'm not sure. Anyways, the term "best" is a relative term. If he repaired a road in your village, that's a very good reason to vote for him.

adaobi123:

Hes the best out of all of them.

He even repaired our road in my village sef, after how many years of neglect

A-ZeD:

How is he the best?


#besides how this one take concern me?

adaobi123:

Who do you think should take the position ?

Afam4eva: I can imagine what this election will be like. Anambra most definitely has the most educated Nigerians. Imagine the competition.

1) Chukwuma Soludo

2) Dora Akunyili

3) Chris Ngige

4) Ifeanyi Uba

5) Uche Ekwunife

6) Anny Okonkwo

7) etc

A-ZeD:

As i Nigerian, i demand you retract this statement and apologize except you back up your claim with facts.

A-ZeD:

As i Nigerian, i demand you retract this statement and apologize except you back up your claim with facts.

Odenigbo Aroli: Its good to have varieties;it gives us more option but Ekwunife herself knows very well she will not win and so is Soludo because pdp is as good as dead in Anambra. As for Ngige,he will lose again just like the last time because of Peter Obi and his influence.

Apga is the winning party and so is the candidate that get the OBI ANNOINTING!

Afam4eva: I can imagine what this election will be like. Anambra most definitely has the most educated Nigerians. Imagine the competition.

1) Chukwuma Soludo

2) Dora Akunyili

3) Chris Ngige

4) Ifeanyi Uba

5) Uche Ekwunife

6) Anny Okonkwo

7) etc

Sealeddeal: According to Ekwunife,'Being a woman is not a disadvantage'. Thats very funny cos as long as Nigeria is concerned,its not yet time for a woman to contest and win governorship/Presidential election and as such,i think being a woman is a disadvantage.
Meanwhile,my support goes to Dr Ifeanyi Ubah of APGA.

Afam4eva:
For someone who supports Ifeanyi Uba, i'm not surprised you could make such an assertion about women. Was Etiaba not the deputy governor who later became the governor?

Afam4eva:
I was surprised Ekwunife didn't do very well the last time because after the crowd i saw in her campaign, i thought she was gonna do very well. She was supported by Orji Uzor Kalu then.

It seems you over-estimate Peter Obi's relevance in Anambra.

liberty300: afam, soludo and dora wont win cos they r from d same local government with peter obi. it would be between ifeanyi and chris....simple

A-ZeD:

As i Nigerian, i demand you retract this statement and apologize except you back up your claim with facts.

2010a:

According to JAMB statistics, for the past 15 - 20yrs, Anambra state has the largest number of people who gain admission(wt JAMB admission letters) into tertiary institutions followed by Imo state though Imo state has the highest number of JAMB applicants followed by Anambra State.

Note that on JAMB form, they ask for state of origin and not state of residence.

When I looked at the statistics, I was very disappointed when I saw the position of Oyo state and Lagos state.

All the Igbo states except one were in the first ten

gbanikiti:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/ekwunife-declares-to-vie-for-anambra-guber-race/