RAYMOND OZOJI reports
Anambra women under the auspices of Women Initiative for Greater Anambra (WIGA) have declared Operation Deliver Your Polling Units For Soludo as the 2025 governorship election beckons.
The women who thronged Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre in Awka in their numbers last weekend for a Mothers' Wellness Summit which was attended by the governor's wife Dr. Mrs. Nonye Soludo, the Chief of Staff Chief Ernest Ezeajuhi, the Commissioner for Health Dr. Ben Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Women Affairs Hon. Ify Obinabu, the Convener of WIGA and Mayor of Idemili-South Local Government Area Hon. Amaka Obi and a host of other very prominent personalities, made a bold and courageous statement that they must ensure that Governor Soludo wins in not just the 326 political wards of the state but in all the polling units to prove that the power of women can not be underestimated.
WIGA convener and Executive Mayor of Idemili-South Local Government Area Hon. Mrs. Amaka Obi with hindsight recalled how politicians surfaced every election season to pool the wool over the people's eyes with fake and fictitious narratives. Obi said women were wiser now and no politician can deceive them anymore because she believes enough is enough.
She said women were the core voters in every election and that the forthcoming governorship poll is another platform for women to deliver Governor Soludo landslide, adding that they have done it before, they will do it again.
She said women and the entire citizenry want the good governance model instituted by the Soludo administration to continue in the state. This according to her, is the remote reason women are rooting tirelessly for his return on November 8th this year.
Obi noted that prior to Soludo's emergence as governor of Anambra State, insecurity was at its climax as people scampered for safety in places like Isuofia, Ekwulobia, Ihiala and some other communities where campaigns were difficult due to activities of daredevil gunmen terrorizing the communities.
Obi maintained that in spite of ugly episodes associated with electioneering campaigns then, Soludo surged on with his political ambition and eventually became the state governor with the support of WIGA and others.
She however drew attention of the women to the fact that the likes of Valentine Chineto Ozigbo and other characters are currently hovering around in the All Progressives Congress (APC) with hope of getting federal appointments after the gubernatorial election in November this year.
The WIGA convener who categorically stated that Anambra is a no-go area for opposition elements, recalled how a certain Deputy Governor and some House of Assembly members decamped to the APC in the twilight of the Obiano administration for their selfish and avaricious interests. She said when the chips were down, it was only women in the grassroots who stood by the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state.
The WIGA convener therefore urged the women to get ready for the battle ahead, saying that as soon as the primaries are conducted, everyone would return to their respective communities and wards to root for Soludo's second term bid.
She said there is virtually no local government area, community or town that has not felt the Solution Government. That they should be ambassadors and propagators of Soludo's achievements in their respective localities.
According to her, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo is building a befitting massive government house and governor's lodge amongst numerous other signature projects across the state. She therefore emphasized that the governor's African Taiwan Dubai mantra has come to fruition in Anambra State.
The Idemili-South Mayor who pointed out that Governor Soludo is doing everything without borrowing and incurring debts, charged the women folk to be Soludo apostles and be proud of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), adding that Governor Soludo has made Anambra the cynosure of other states in Nigeria.
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