Minister of Labour and
Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has claimed that Anambra State Governor, Willie
Obiano, will join the All Progressives Congress (APC) immediately after his
tenure.
The minister, who spoke to
newsmen in Awka, said he was sure of the move, as he knows Governor Obiano to
be a pragmatist and a realist.
“When he finishes serving, he
will come. I’m sure. He is a pragmatist, he is a realist. I have tried to let
him know that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is good, but it’s a
regional party. You can’t use a regional party to go and do election and fight.
People have abandoned the idea of regional parties. That’s why AD, AC decided
that after many years of staying at the periphery of Federal Government, they
decided to coalesce with LPP; CPC and rebel faction of APGA, led by Rochas
Okorocha and formed APC.
“So, regional parties are not in
vogue and the governor knows. Even his predecessor, Peter Obi, when he was
using APGA to canvass and do other things, it dawned on him that he cannot be
playing in the region with a regional party. He can’t come to national with a
regional party and that is why he unceremoniously defected. In fact, they
started the defection you are seeing today. Obi is part of the early defectors.
“So, he joined the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), but Obiano is a progressive. Any day he will do it, we
will sit with him and arrange it in such a way that the Igbo will go into a
party that will reckon with them and that party is APC.”
Meanwhile, Anambra State
Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba has said
nothing will make Governor Obiano leave APGA.
Adinuba said both APC and PDP had
failed Nigerians as they had nothing tangible to offer.
“Governor Obiano is what the
great Zik of Africa would refer to as the “beautiful bride” wooed by every
confident suitor. He is wanted by all the parties because of his record and
brand of politics devoid of bitterness and primordial cleavages.
“But, he is not going anywhere.
He is an APGA man, through and through. He is strongly backing a candidate who
all Nigerians expect to win the presidential election.”
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