The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) "energised" its 184 ward chairmen and 24 state assembly candidates over the weekend in preparation for grassroots campaigns.
The leaders gave the candidates and grassroots leaders an injection of courage, boldness, and self-confidence during a meeting with them in Umukabia Okpuala in Umuahia North Local Government.
Prior to the start of the campaigns for governor and state assembly, the approach was fine-tuned.
To attain its 2023 goal of freeing the state from bad governance culprits, the Abia APC leaders promised to take the campaigns to every corner of the state.
To effectively penetrate the grassroots with its message of “rescue and develop Abia,” the party also took steps to strengthen its structures in all the 184 wards of Abia.
Leader and Governorship Candidate of Abia State’s APC, Mr Ikechi Emenike, said that the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has already done over 40 per cent of the campaigns for the opposition due to the dismal performance of successive administrations in the state.
Nonetheless, Emenike charged candidates and party leaders at all levels as well as stakeholders to work harder for the remaining task of winning the people’s votes with a better alternative that Abia APC represents.
He said: “We are determined to win this election. Our objective is to win this state. Change doesn’t come easy; it comes with hard work.”
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the APC, Rev. Gloria Akara, in her remarks, encouraged party members to work very hard to actualise the APC’s goal of taking control of Abia State.
The Chairman of Abia APC, Dr Kingsley Ononogbu, assured members that the party is ready for the forthcoming electioneering campaign, saying, “we are good to go; God is in control.”
Also, two of the APC’s senatorial candidates, Hon. Emeka Atuma and Hon. Blessing Nwagba, who was at the meeting, joined in encouraging members to engage in robust campaigns in every part of the state.
Atuma, who is the APC’s senatorial candidate for Abia Central, enthused that the party would dethrone the ruling PDP and confine them to the opposition in 2023.
“Nobody should be afraid. Emenike will be governor and we will recover the Government House and relocate it from the rented location (where it has remained since the creation of Abia 31 years ago),” he roared.
Atuma noted that Abia APC is already “submerged in grace,” and is poised to record resounding victory come 2023.