By Juliana Nwachukwu :
The immediate past President Ohaneze Ndigbo, Anambra State, Chief Obi Chukwuemekalum Udodeme has Counsels Ndi Anambra on the need to elect the right candidate for this upcoming gubernatorial election in the state come Nov 8. 2025.
He reiterated that”You cannot change a winning team, the present governor is not doing bad at all, he is performing, if I am asked to score him,I would score him 80% or above because no man is perfect, he has done so well on roads, though if I want to be sincere to myself I would tell you he has developed all the sectors simultaneously.
Chief Udodeme made this remark during the meeting of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA executives and stakeholders of Fegge Ward 1 at Agulu Town Hall, Fegge Onitsha while the registration of new APGA members were also going on.
He further stressed that the governor has done well in all the ministries, sectors, saying that “You don’t change such a man”, affirmed that what we would do is to encourage him to do more and I sincerely believe if he comes back, he is going to do more, I’m sure of that”, he posited.
Advising all the contestants for this upcoming election, Chief Udodeme who is an APGA member from Fegge 1 said “Ambition is not a crime, they have the right to contest, they have right to their ambition,as the former president of Ohaneze, let them play according to the rules, no thuggery, no rigging.You don’t have the right to stop others from contesting, all I know is that this government has done excellently well, I would vote him again and again and again.
While applauding his ward executives and the local government political appointees in their ward, Udodeme declared that in all the 17 wards of Onitsha South Local Government,”This is the very first time political appointees came together, mobilized funds and made announcement in the whole of the ward, calling people to come and register for APGA and a lot of people came out.
“I thank Special Adviser, SA, to the LG Mayor, Comrade Dunu Chiadikobi, they are working tirelessly to make sure APGA has a great registered number in ward 1, he provided something for people to eat and drink, that is politics for you, a game of number.
He admonished that there should be sincerity of purpose especially from the leaders, they should be honest, humble and ready to tell people the truth at all times, charged the leaders to leave the wards executives to take certain decisions, maintained that decisions cannot be taken for the wards at the LG or at Awka.
In his words, the Mayor, Anambra State Association of Town Union, ASATU, Youth Wing, Onitsha South LG, Comrade Dunu Chiadikobi disclosed that “We mobilized the three LG appointees in our ward, including our ward Councillor and we realized #200,000 to encourage and mobilize people to come out en masse and register for APGA.
Dunu who was the host at the meeting said that the expectations of these meeting and the fund raised by them, the political appointees” Is for the new registering members passport capturing and the likes , and for them also to come out en masse on the election day and cast their votes.
He thanked Governor Charles Soludo for all the developmental strides in the area especially the general hospital, roads, pipe borne water and others, also applauded the Mayor of the area, Hon.Chief Emeka Orji, a.k a Dikediebube, for his tireless effort in bringing back the lost glory of Onitsha South, stating that as the area has benefitted from the governor, so as Fegge Ward I has benefitted from the government of Dikediebube.
He emphasized that Onitsha South LG has benefitted a lot from this government and disclosed that”Fegge Ward 1 have two supervisors , former chairman of Onitsha South, former president Ohaneze Ndigbo and others.
The Ward Chairman, Hon Chibueze Obinwune to ensure that the ward has the highest number of registered voters stated that his 23 executives have charged themselves to provide 20 persons each, stating that if they could mobilize 20 persons each, they would be 400+.
According to him, “Our challenges were passport but our ward political appointees have helped us, they paid for the passport capturing of these new registering members and I believe with this, we would achieve our aims.
The Ward Woman Leader, Mrs Amaka Duru Anyaoha disclosed that she is mobilizing women through door to door campaign, stating that she also does that in churches, markets and even advised them to come with their grown ups children to register for APGA.
The ward Youth Leader, Mr Ifeanyichukwu Okeke stated that he works round the clock to ensure that youths are not left out in this APGA ongoing registration because as youth, “We have to elect our leader if not, others would do”,
