The Civil Society Action Group in Ebonyi State, Southeast, Nigeria has endorsed Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the Governorship Candidates in the State, Mr Edward Nkwegu and all other candidates who are contesting under LP.
The members of the Group cutting across the 13 LGAs and 171 wards in the state said their decision to endorse the Labour Party candidates was as directed by God and their consideration of their past and present antecedents.
The State Coordinator of the group, Reverend Peter Ezeudu declared the determination by his members to canvass massive votes to ensure the victory of the Labour Party Presidential candidate – Peter Obi, the party’s gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi, Edward Nkwegu, alongside the National and the State House Assembly candidates.
Reverend Ezeudu commended the characters and antecedents of the Labour Party flag bearers beginning from the presidential candidate, and the state gubernatorial candidate, among others.
The Secretary of the group, Reverend Augustine Nwaji expressed confidence that all the Labour Party candidates would emerge victorious during 2023 polls.
He assured the Labour Party candidates of their readiness to rally around for their victory in the 2023 general elections in the state.
Responding, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who was represented by Senator Azu Agboti thanked the group for endorsing him and other candidates of the party in the state.
He said that the Labour Party campaign should be issue-based, and declared his support for the gubernatorial candidate of the state, Arc Nkwegu on the grounds of equity, promising character, competence, capacity and antecedents in human management and wealth creation as an industrialist.
The LP Governorship Candidates Mr Edward Nkwegu who expressed joy over his endorsement by the group, assured them of bringing in economic transformation through industrialisation in the state.
“I’m going to create 13,000 micro small and medium enterprises in two years in the State and that will give us indirect employment of about 250, 000 persons in our state,” Nkwegu informed.
He expressed confidence that with the industrialization of the state, problems of unemployment in Ebonyi would be solved.
Agricultural Revolution
He pledged to introduce mechanized agriculture to encourage youths and women to involve themselves in agriculture practices, “because what we use before are outdated, and we need to improve on agriculture by introducing modern techniques.”
“We will ensure infrastructural enhancement, provision of basic amenities to our people both in the urban and rural communities, first will be reticulation of pipe borne water across our state.”
He assured the group of embarking on mineral exploration and development in Ebonyi, which will have positive impacts on the economy of the state.
“These are things that will happen in our economic transformation agenda. In the civic programme, we are going to look at education. In the education sector, there will be access to infrastructure, curriculum reformation and relevance in such a way that what our people study in our schools should be relevant in the contemporary society and under my watch,” he said.
Health
“If I emerge Ebonyi State Governor in 2023, there will quality health care delivery, and also the empowerment of the youth, women vulnerable people.”
Recall that Edward Nkwegu had earlier described the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as the most credible and competent among the contenders for the apex seat in the country.
Other speakers at the event included the Ebonyi South Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Amb Lawrence Nwuruku, the party’s candidate for Ebonyi/Ohaukwu Federal Constituency, Prince Chibueze Ndubuisi Agbo, the State Coordinator of Peter Obi support group, Chief John Agha, the State Women Leader of the Civil Society Action Group, upheld that the victory of the Labour Party Candidates would be a landslide type.
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