The All Progressives Grand Alliance have observed with dismay the dismal utterances of Dr Tony Nwoye of the Labour Party and the Senator representing Anambra North District, against the National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR. It has become a trend and an easy alibi for the Labour Party to dance around in public spaces neglecting the chore responsibilities of governance for which they purported to provide for Nigerians. Seven months after many of them were sworn into various legislative offices, they are still dwelling on the February 25th, 2023 defeat and have constituted themselves as major obstacles to the progress of State.
I think it is time we reminded the Labour Party and her members that elections are over and it is time for governance.
The unprovoked utterances of Senator Nwoye at a Church event in Onitsha on the 17th of December, 2023 is totally condemnable and unacceptable to ndi Anambra who have taken to various media platforms to condemn it. The Senator representing Anambra North must take heed that the dynamics of the Anambra political space is unique and not encumbered with mundane considerations. The Anambra electorate is sophisticated and capable of making independent decisions largely on the basis of performance, and not by cult following for any individual.
As at today, ndi Anambra have established APGA as a party with performative records that has delivered good governance and quality leadership to the people from 2006 till date. Tony Nwoye himself can attest to this, as he has severally been taught hard lessons by the Anambra electorates who have constantly rejected him in previous Governorship elections on the basis of his inglorious political records and negative place in Anambra’s political history. Until the emotive wind of the last general elections that rail-roaded all sorts of characters in to our political space, allowing Dr Nwoye undeserving access to political leadership, Tony Nwoye knows that we know that he is one of such persons ndi Anambra hold in contempt for his many preposterous roles in trying to truncate the good governance they now enjoy in the State. This history cannot be re-written in a hurry. Not now, not in the future.
Tony Nwoye’s open declaration that Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR, the Governor of Anambra State, will not run for a second term in office is not only laughable but a reflection of what has preoccupied his lethargic representation at the Senate. In his desperation to court relevance and blow his rustic trumpet, he is deceptively warming up to Mr Peter Obi (an APGA product) a man who knows him and his opprobrious records. I am sure he knows Peter Obi cannot and will not trust him enough in spite of his new role as the vuvuzela of the Labour Party that is not anywhere a match to the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State. This is a fact!
Governor Soludo, who has remained calm in all this, is not one to be distracted by desperate politicians. Ndi Anambra from all walks of life and across the State and beyond are already testifying to the disruptive, positive change witnessed in just 20 months of the Soludo Administration. From the economy to infrastructure, security, urban regeneration and inclusive governance, there is a new normal christened “Solution” in Anambra State. This is all in less than 2years. By the time the Soludo government clocks 3years in office, the progress made would have surpassed the expectations of even the opposition in the State.
Thus, it is important to remind Tony and his crew that it is still morning and too early in the day to entertain any form of distractions. He should borrow some leaf from the APGA example by staying focused on delivering his campaign promise to the Anambra North people, as they did not elect him to become the Labour Party spokesman nor a villain to Soludo. The All Progressives Grand Alliance condemns in its entirety the unguided utterances of Dr Tony Nwoye and the Labour Party. The government of the day is working day and night to perfect its campaign promises to the people and cannot condone any action that will heat up the polity or derail this commendable progress.
Signed:
Mazi Ejimofor Opara
National Publicity Secretary, APGA
