Deputy Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Mr. Uzu Okagbue, has expressed strong confidence that his party will emerge victorious in the November 8 Governorship Election in Anambra State.
Speaking with journalists at his Umunnachi residence in Dunukofia Local Government Area on Tuesday, Okagbue said Governor Chukwuma Soludo has become increasingly unpopular due to “abysmal performance” in office, insisting that the incumbent is “unelectable.”
“My confidence in victory is that we are running against a very weak governor. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is a weak incumbent, and that makes them easy to defeat. The weakness of the governor is because he has failed in all indices of governance. Soludo is the worst governor the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has produced in its 19 years of leadership in the state,” Okagbue declared.
He accused the governor of failing on multiple fronts, citing worsening insecurity, falling educational standards, poor treatment of workers, and the recruitment of “cheap labour” as teachers.
“Under Soludo, Anambra’s educational ranking has disgracefully dropped from first position in the country to 33rd. How can you move forward in education where the governor is hiring cheap labour as teachers? The governor’s road projects are already failing, even as they are being constructed. You are journalists; you see these things every day in this state,” he added.
Okagbue maintained that Anambra people deserve better leadership, stressing that the YPP governorship candidate, Paul Chukwuma, offers “the only credible alternative.”
“The best replacement Anambra people can get is Paul Chukwuma. I teamed up with him because of his bold vision and clear ideas. The YPP ticket represents the only hope to rescue Anambra from its present doldrums,” he stated confidently.
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