As the All Progressives Congress
(APC) kicks off its campaign in
Anambra State, Lagos State
Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola
(SAN), and the National Leader of the
party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
have called on people of the state to
vote enmasse for Ngige, saying he is
the most experienced of all the
candidates being fielded by political
parties for the governorship seat.
Speaking at a fund-raising dinner
organised by the party in Lagos,
Governor Fashola asserted that out of
all those, who had offered themselves
for the governorship of the state,
Ngige was the most experienced man
for the job, adding that experience
was key to the business of
governance.
The governor told the gathering of
prominent Igbo businessmen and
women at the Lagos House, Marina,
venue of the event that, “Experience is
very key in this business. So, if you
support him, things will happen
quickly because he has held that
office before and that is experience.
He has Federal Civil Service structure
experience; he served as a director in
the Federal Civil Service. The driver of
government is the public service. That
is experience”.
Citing his experience on being elected
governor in 2007 to emphasize the
importance of experience, Governor
Fashola said because he was in
government of the state for four years
as Chief of Staff to his immediate
predecessor, assuming duties as
governor was not stressful because
he already had the experience of
office modalities.
Giving other reasons why the choice
of Dr. Ngige is important, Governor
Fashola, who said he has travelled
severally to the East at various times,
expressed sadness that development
has largely eluded that part of the
country as a result of lack of the right
leadership.
In his opening remarks before
presenting the candidate, National
Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, described Dr. Ngige
as “a good man, very committed to
the welfare of the people and
committed to the progressive
calling”, adding that during his first
coming, there were serious
challenges which he was able to
handle in addition to the many
achievements of his administration.
Noting that Anambra is more or less
a Civil Service State, Asiwaju Tinubu
declared, “If you take away the
salaries from people, the ordinary
housewives and traders in the market
will not make money. Without
salaries, they could not sustain
families and if they could not sustain
families that would create greater
challenges such as insecurity. The
fact that he tackled it and solved it
was a sign of a committed individual
with good vision”.
Urging the people to vote for Dr.
Ngige, Asiwaju Tinubu pleaded, “I
appeal to you to accept Ngige as an
actualizer who could change
Anambra. If you give us Anambra and
you give us Imo in the Progressives,
you will see the entire East will
change. Go round the South West you
will see performances. All you need is
a catalyst, a good example that will
be now widespread”.
Addressing the well attended fund
raising dinner earlier, Dr. Ngige
debunked the notion that APC was a
Yoruba party saying, “The All
Progressives Congress is not Party for
any tribe. It is not a Yoruba Party and
Yorubas can never own it. It is not
Hausa party; the Hausas can never
own it. It is not Igbo Party. Igbos can
never own it. It is a Nigerian Party for
the progress of Nigeria. I say this
because of the propaganda being
peddled by the APGA government in
Anambra State only”.
Presenting his manifesto to the
people, Dr. Ngige declared, “It is not
about me. It is about our children and
the future of the State. We have the
human and financial resources to
make Anambra State a place
everyone would like to go to.
Statistics don’t lie. While I was there,
Anambra was the richest State in the
country, today we are the 20th in
poverty ranking in the country. We
must look at people based on who
they are and their ability to deliver.
The Party they belong to is
secondary”.
source: http://sunnewsonline.com/new/national/fashola-tinubu-drum-support-ngige/

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Presenting his manifesto to the people, Dr. Ngige declared, “It is not about me. It is about our children and the future of the State. We have the human and financial resources to make Anambra State a place everyone would like to go to. [size=14pt]Statistics don’t lie. While I was there, Anambra was the richest State in the country, today we are the 20th in poverty ranking in the country[/size]. We must look at people based on who they are and their ability to deliver. The Party they belong to is secondary”.

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