Awka South Endorses Ekwunife for senate against Umeh, Ngige

                                    General (left) , Ekwunife waving to stakeholders

                      Ekwunife flanked right by former Main market chairman Nche Nwabudu

                                                Hon Vincent Okafor ,JP (General) speaking

Political stakeholders in Awka South local government area of Anambra state yesterday adopted Member representing Anaocha/Dunukofia/ Njikoka federal constituency, Hon Uche Ekwunife as their senatorial candidate.

The stakeholders made this known at the palace of Hon Vincent Okafor , JP(General) , a former Peoples Democratic Party Chairman Anambra state at Nise, Awka South local government area.

 Speaker after speaker hammered that Hon Ekwunife , Chairman House Committee on Environment really did well as a member of House of Representatives and should be supported to be in the Upper house as she would do better than other candidates including Senator Chris Ngige and Chief Victor Umeh.

www.odogwublog.com reports that Ngige is the current member in the senate and was a former Governor of the state while Umeh is the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

President General of Nise Town Union and Chairman of Nice Microfinance Bank, Sir Chris Onoh emphasized that Ekwunife did resoundingly well as a member of the House of Representatives with her feats and achievements scattered in the three local governments under her constituency.

For the host, Hon Vincent Okafor ,former member of Lower Niger River Basin Authority Board and National President/Corps General of Organization Nigerian Chaplains, a para-military organization of which former President Obasanjo is the grand patron, Ekwunife is the bomb and nobody can beat her in that election.

Okafor reminded that of the 11 members in the  House of Representatives from Anambra , only two members speak at the floor including Ekuwnife and Hon Forth Dike but Iyom, as Ekwunife is addressed has contact and mobilization across board at the national level.

He said Ekwunife would defeat Ngige, and Umeh or any other candidate at the polls and urged the people to vote her as well as other PDP candidates in all the election in accordance with the plea of President Goodluck Jonathan who of course they would vote massively for. He said no woman had worked hard like Iyom hence she developed her constituency beyond imagination. He donated a bill board to Iyom’s campaign as well as cash and bags of rice to support her campaign.

Responding, Iyom Uche Ekwunife said she is not afraid of Umeh, Ngige or any other as her achievements and personal touch would give her the edge over other candidates and appealed to the stakeholders to vote her in as she would be a ranking senator if elected.

Ekwunife insisted that there would be confusion with the electorates if demands are made for separate votes for President Jonathan and for other contestants in PDP as she urged them to vote only PDP candidates.

She appreciated Hon Vincent Okafor for spending for her campaign especially  both Cash and bags of rice he donated to the Nise ward one and two in support of her campaign.  

Ekwunife reminded them that politics is about investment and she is canvassing for their votes because their investment won’t be a waste

In his remarks, a House of Assembly candidate for Awka South , Felix Bishop Iloanya described Iyom as a moving train that nobody can stop, adding that she has already won the election.

Highlight was presentation of award of Excellence as Best female performing legislator in Nigeria by organization of Nigeria chaplains National President, Hon Vincent Okafor, JP.