The entire political architecture of Anambra State converged with a single voice with the 21 Local Government Areas behind Governor Charles Soludo as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
This underscores a rare show of unity and political maturity by APGA, as the party’s convention, held in a charged but peaceful atmosphere, recorded 3,260 accredited delegates, out of which 3,175 cast their votes.
All 3,168 valid votes, with only four invalid entries, went to Governor Soludo which shows a clean sweep demonstrating the confidence reposed in his leadership.
According to the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, Chief Nwaegbo Uche, chairman of the electoral committee, officially declared Soludo returned as the party’s candidate, citing the unprecedented support across the board, all affirming one voice, one vision, and one candidate.
Aburime stated that the exercise was transparently conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from both the federal and state levels, who monitored the entire process from accreditation to collation, attesting to its orderliness and credibility.
In his remark, Soludo paid homage to the founding spirit of APGA, describing it as the first registered progressive party in Nigeria, dating back to 2002. “Anambra is APGA, and APGA is Anambra,” he declared, with cheers from the thousands that gathered.
He expressed gratitude to the people, the clergy, traditional rulers, the over sixty support groups, students, and countless individuals whose voluntary cash donations and constant encouragement had propelled the journey thus far.
Governor Soludo outlined the core of his administration’s accomplishments—an ambitious but realistic blueprint built around five critical pillars, the recruitment of over 8,115 teachers and public servants to revamp human capital development, gains in security and law enforcement, ongoing economic transformation, infrastructure development, especially road construction connecting rural and urban centres, and the drive to make Anambra cleaner through aggressive waste management and urban regeneration.
Also are his strides in digital governance, value system reforms, and efforts to deepen transparency and accountability in the public sector.
Soludo, who reaffirmed Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim as his running mate, considering their partnership in the numerous achievements in the state, said “I will not let APGA, and the people of Anambra down. I cannot and will not take this trust for granted.”