APGA Publicity Secretary Writes On The APGA Of The Moment

              

There is difference between real party man and the charlatans masquerading as party men , so said Okwukwe Ibiam in this epistle to Ikenna Anokwute. Enjoy 

Ikenna,

APGA is bigger than the space between your key board and screen. You really need to leave the confines of your living room, buy a ticket, go to Nigeria, book an appointment with the echelons of the party, tell them your well-grounded intentions. They are very receptive and will give you all the go-ahead to begin the Chapter in your local ward, village, local Government as you see fit. We really need dedicated men who follow our party issues like you do. That way, when we come campaigning, we can rely on the structure IKENNA ANOKWUTE built. 

Regarding the ex-Governor, we are no longer crying over spilt milk. We were not caught unawares by his move. Please read all the postings from 2 years back, including PETER OBI CANNOT BE OUR NATIONAL LEADER. When we wrote the above article, people thought we didn't understand the ramifications of peter's presentation. We did. We warned and prepared our selves for this kind of eventuality. If you also read, when the National Chairman - Chief Victor Umeh, warned the ex-governor that ignoring the APGA  grassroots was killing the Party, the Governor sent his Uncle Nwobu-Alor to initiate and sustain an intra-party fight. That should tell you that the party echelon had their fingers on the party pulse, knew what ailed the party, and voiced same when appropriate.

In the party, everybody has their function. If you start neglecting yours, It does affect the Party structure and everyone. 

 APGA survived Peter Obi's neglect, and many other wranglings, because of few strong men who believed in the Party ideals and what it meant for the Igbo. With Peter Obi in the APGA then, we made the best of a bad situation. APGA refused to conflagrate it. That was not the kind of publicity we wanted.

But, what we will not do is stand by and watch others denigrate our party because of a situation which had been in flux for over 9 years. If you really have your ears to the ground, you will find out that no true APGA member is crying over PETER OBI. That is the gospel truth. None. Take an opinion poll or straw vote of Anambra or the Nigerian nation. APGA prepared itself for this day. And we are fine. The Handwriting was on the wall. The APGA is very capable of holding its own if people we trust with our ideals and votes uphold theirs. You will be hailing the APGA from your living room, because there are dedicated men willing to sustain the APGA virtues. All they need is some encouragement. some.  

That APGA was sustained over this period was due to the presence of our Late National Leader -Dim odimegwu Ojukwu, dedicated leaders like Our national chairman - Chief sir Victor Umeh, The National secretary, Alhaji sani Shinkafi, which men purposefully stood for a focus and made sure we did not stray even when left with scanty or no resources. Also the South-East electorate everywhere who glanced warily at peter's presentations, silently thinking "What's this guy doing?", We've seen this attitude before. It's not the presentation we want." Believe me, the SE electorate is very conscious of APGA irrespective of their party affiliation. Including you. Believe that! 

Peter obi was simply a beneficiary of the OJUKWU support system. Nothing else. That support system is still there. Don' try to underestimate it. Help us to meaningfully revive it.

My fear with your prolific writing IKENNA, is your lack of background knowledge in some your analysis. You seem to be carried away by your own expectations rather than the hard realities involved in building and sustaining a political party. If you demonstrate in APGA the sort of faith you demonstrate in your questionable analysis, your readers will actually have a rethink.

Just remember, Good publicity helps our party cause. You seem to demonstrate some strength here. APGA can use some, and thanks you for providing same in advance.

Ndewo.

Sgd.,
Okwukwe Ibiam

National Publicity Secretary (Ag.)

ALL PROGRESSIVES GRAND ALLIANCE

APGA NIGERIA. 

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