A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Amb. Obi Ngige, has called on the leaderships of major political parties in the state to collapse their structure into APGA to make Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to run unopposed in the forthcoming November 8, 2025 election.
Obi Ngige stated this on Saturday, 5th April, 2025 at Dr Alex Ekwueme square Awka, during the APGA primary election.
Ngige, a cousin to the former State governor and Minister of Labou and productivity, Senator Dr. Chris Ngige urged APC, LP and PDP to emulate other smaller parties that have supported the idea of Soludo serving eight years in office.
Ngige expressed worry with the controversies that have trailed the Gubernatorial Primaries of APC, LP and PDP, outcomes he believed showed they are self-serving and have no interest of the electorate at heart.
The APGA chieftain contended that the second tenure would enable Soludo to complete and consolidate on delivery of democracy dividends to the masses.
He specifically lauded the governor for his resounding, unprecedented accomplishments in road infrastructure free cancer screening, free ante-natal and delivery services, free education up to Secondary School, Bursary award to students in tertiary institutions, recruitment of over 8,000 teachers as well as hundreds of doctors, nurses and other health personnel and completion of New Government House, building of the SOLUTION FUN CITY and creating enabling environment for a safe, secured, liveable and prosperous Anambra State.
Obi Ngige who is a member of Contacts and Mobilization Group of APGA in Idemili South Local Government Area of the State hailed the governor for introducing the Anambra State Homeland Security Initiative otherwise called Agunaechemba (Lion that protects a community) asserting that the emergence has reduced if not eradicated crimes of kidnapings, armed robberies, ritual killings, Yahoo plus.
He emphasized that allowing Soludo to complete eight years would not only witness the consolidation of his envisioned African Dubai-Taiwan Model Development, but added fillip to power shift from Soludo’s Anambra South to Central Senatorial District.
He attributed the transformative agenda of the Soludo administration to non-discriminatory policy formulation and programme execution.