ANAMBRA 2013: APC Elects Officers, Promises Hitch-Free Primaries

[Shola Sholaz]

THE Anambra State All Progressives Congress (APC), weekend, held its state congress in Awka and promised to conduct hitch-free primaries today for the nomination of its governorship candidate for the November 16 election.
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At the state congress, Chief Chuks Chinwuba, a former secretary of Onitsha North Local Government was elected as chairman while Chief Samuel Igwedibia became the deputy chairman.
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Also, Chief J.P.C Obikwelu was elected state secretary, while the woman leader is Mrs. Modesta Okagbue. Henry Emerah is the state youth leader.
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With the party's executive in place, all is set for the primaries to be conducted for Senator Chris Ngige and Chief Godwin Ezemo, today.
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The congress was supervised by a special committee headed by Chief Romeo Anyisia, who appealed to members to jettison parochial sentiments in the forthcoming election so as to elect persons with tested credentials.
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In his acceptance speech, Chinwuba, thanked the members for their sense of duty and commitment and assured that the new leadership would not disappoint them.
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He said the party would give the two governorship aspirants equal opportunity to actualize their ambition urging them to eschew any form of rumour over bias on the part of the party executive members. Anambra CPC pulls out of APC, joins PDM.
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THE Anambra State branch of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, (CPC) which is one of the three political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress, APC, has pulled out of the merger arrangement and joined the newly formed Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM.

[Folami David]

Well promises are nothing serious until they are finally fulfilled @ the end of the day. Let us just wait and see if things will happen @ the end of the day!