Ngige has asked Governor Obiano to get his handover notes ready ahead of Anambra guber poll
He saves only Obiano's defection to APC will save him
Obiano's media aide says Ngige is daydreaming
Senator
Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, on Monday, December
12, advised Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state to start writing
his handover notes ahead of the governorship election in the state.
Speaking
at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra state capital, the APC would
contest the governorship election in the state fully and effectively
and unless Obiano joins the ruling party, he doesn’t stand a chance of
retaining his seat.
The minister said: “We are going to contest
that election fully, effectively, with all the resources at our
disposal. And I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that
Anambra will be an APC state.”
Ngige,
who said he would not contest the 2017 governorship election of the
state because of his national engagement, said he would work to ensure
the success and victory of his party in the election.
According to him, nobody should be deceived that the APC had not begun any form of campaign for the purpose of the election.
He said: “I have a PhD in Anambra
politics. I will elaborate this with two examples. In 2010, I vied for
the governorship of Anambra state, which took place in February. We were
then in AC and we did not make any noise in the state until four to
five months to that election. But we were quietly building our
structures and putting things in the right places.
“The
good thing is that many people are showing enthusiasm to become members
of the APC. The door is also open for the incumbent governor. There are
four factions in APGA now and out of these, he belongs to one faction
and that faction cannot deliver the governorship for him.
“I
have told him that and I did not mince words. Though he has not
requested to join the APC, we are telling him that he is welcome to our
fold because that will be his only saviour.”
But
in a swift response, the Senior Special Assistant to Obiano on Media
and Publicity, James Eze, said via the telephone that Ngige was
daydreaming.
He said: “Those who are not guided by
history will continue to stumble on the same stone. The APC has no
stronghold in Anambra state. It has no structure and party loyalty.
“The
APC does not exist in Anambra state. It will take Ngige donkey’s years
to plant the APC in Anambra state. So Ngige’s effort is comparable to
someone who wants to plant flowers in the Sahara desert. It’s an
exercise in futility.”
Meanwhile, Obiano is set to go after his detractors who have been “dissemination brazen falsehood” about him in Anambra state.
In
a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Strategic
Communications and Legislative Matters, Prince Oliver Okpala, the
governor said he would no longer tolerate the dissemination of
falsehood, and threatened to unleash attacks on those behind it
