The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has tackled the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, for his comment that Anambra State has remained politically disconnected from the center by remaining in the minority party, APGA.
Mazi Ejimofor Opara, APGA’s National Publicity Secretary, in
a statement on Saturday said Anambra, though governed by a minority party, has
remained better than most states Ganduje claimed were connected to the center.
Ganduje had, on Friday, while making his remarks during a
South East APC colloquium held in Nnewi and organised by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah,
stated that Anambra has been politically dislocated from the South East by
remaining in APGA.
But replying, Opara stated that Ganduje’s eight years as
governor of Kano State were some of the reasons the state chose a governor from
the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP.
“First, I wonder the level of progress Kano State made under
Ganduje’s APC that resulted in a revolutionary and historic rejection of the
party by the people in 2023 as the people opted instead to vote for the NNPP
and were ready to stake their lives to defend their votes.
“Ganduje should understand that the Southeast and Ndi
Anambra in particular are more interested in why Kano State, after him, decided
to disconnect from the APC-controlled center.
“Well, the APC is nonexistent in Anambra; I am sure Ganduje
himself knows this for a fact. Again, the continued existence of APGA in
Anambra is performance-based.
“Anambra, and indeed, the Southeast, is APGA land. There is
no doubt about this, and even where the region decides to negotiate a handshake
with the Centre, the APC has proven not to be such a viable alternative. I
sincerely hope that Mr Ganduje will seek to really see that which is not hidden
rather than opting for deliberate ignorance.
“From Peter Obi to Willie Obiano and now Professor Soludo,
Anambra has remained on a trajectory of progressive growth, and it is for this
reason that even a political neophyte would state without double checking that
Ganduje was either speaking to impress his host or he is sincerely ignorant of
the facts.
“Anambra under APGA has remained a state of many firsts, and
in recent times, the state under the Soludo government has won many awards.
“Recall that Anambra has won the award as the state with the
best deployed ICT, and Anambra State ICT Agency under Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred
Agbata won that award. Anambra has also been named as the state with the lowest
out-of-school child record.
“If all these awards are what it takes to be disconnected
from the center, then Anambra will gladly remain disconnected,” he said.
He noted that it is appalling that a political party that
proposed a colloquium turned it into a political rally and ended up conducting
a primary election, where the host senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, was declared the
candidate of the party in the next election.
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