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Just In: 17 Legislative Leaders of Enugu’s Local Councils set to mobilize all 260 ward councillors in support of Ugwuanyi’s choice of successor

... Pledge to stand with party’s zoning tradition and support of Enugu East Senatorial zone to produce next governor. 

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Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu

The 17 Legislative Council Leaders in Enugu State have declared their total support of the governor’s choice of successor.

They stated this as part of the resolutions in their 10 point communiqué made available to our correspondent in Enugu, at the end of their one day legislative summit.

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This is coming on the heels of the declaration by the PDP delegates of Udi local council to stand by and with the Governor’s decision as he chooses his successor from Enugu East Senatorial Zone, the zone believed to be favored by the PDP’s zoning system in Enugu State.

The communiqué which was signed by the Coordinating Leader of the 17 Legislative Council Leaders, Hon. Nnamdi Odo, and the Secretary, Hon. Eke Obumneme O., stated that “as proactive leaders, we met to address pertinent issues and provide leadership for our grassroots structure.”

The communique reads:

1. We acknowledge the grace of God in our emergence as Legislative Leaders.

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2. We are grateful to His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Executive governor of Enugu state for ensuring a free, fair and credible elections. We are greatly indebted to His Excellency for creating the enabling environment for youths participation in politics.

3. We appreciate the efforts of our Local Government Chairmen and in a special way congratulate them for emerging victorious in the recent LGA elections.

4. We thank the ALGON chairman, Hon. Solomon Izuchukwu Onah, for his support and promise to continue working closely with all our council chairmen.

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5. We are grateful to the party excos from state to ward level for their roles in our emergence.

6. We wish to reiterate our total support and loyalty to the Governor.

7. We are committed to being the foot soldiers of our LGA council Chairmen in all the 260 wards in Enugu state.

8. We will mobilize all the 260 ward councillors in Enugu state in support of the governor’s choice of next governor.

9. We stand with the party’s tradition of zoning and support Enugu East Senatorial zone to produce the next governor.

10. We unanimously elect Hon. Nnamdi Odo as State Coordinating Leader of the 17 LGA Legislative Leaders and Hon. Eke Obumneme O. as State Secretary, with other Zonal officers for administrative convenience

The guber race in Enugu State keeps on seeing new developments everyday. It is believed by pundits that the 2023 elections in Enugu will not be business as usual, especially going by the declaration of former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, to run for Governor of Enugu State. Ekweremadu has argued that there is no zoning system in Enugu State, a position which has raised a lot of issues.