From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
The state chairman of the Action People’s Party (APP), Chief Princewill Ukaegbu has described the Governorship candidate of the party as the best for Abia state.
This is equally as he described the party as the only platform through which the people of Abia-North can actualise their goal of producing the next Governor of the state as stipulated in the “Abia Charter of Equity”.
Ukaegbu said aside from standing for equity and fairness, the APP is also the best party with a realistic master plan to rescue the state from its current myriad of infrastructure deficit, economic , educational, health and security challenges which he said would be achieved through its Gubernatorial candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu if elected.
Ukaegbu who at Igbere in Bende LGA during a meeting of the party faithful, said the Party carefully chose its flag bearer, Mascot Kalu from Abia-North and ceded its deputy Governorship slot to Ukwa East in person of Prof Osondu Akoma in order to respect the existing zoning principle thereby giving the people of the zones a sense of belonging.
Ukaegbu stated that APP’s Mascot Kalu is the youngest Candidate who is sufficiently educated and possessed the leadership qualities to save the state from its current challenges for the good of all Abians irrespective of clan, tribe, religion or indigeneship.
Ukaegbu berated other political parties in the state for disrespecting Abia-North by disregarding the zonal power rotation as they selected their candidates from Central and South.
He said that going by the zoning principle which began in 1999 Abia North is the zone expected to produce the next governor in 2023, adding that each of the three zones would have by May 29, 2023 taken turns to produce the governor.
“The completion of Okezie’s tenure heralded the beginning of the rotation from Abia-North. Judging by the Charter, the North, Central and South have had their turns in producing governors that ruled for two terms of eight years each in the persons of Senators Orji Uzor Kalu for North and Theodore Orji for Central and now Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who took the turn of the South and is due to complete his second term in May, 2023”.
Ukaegbu canvassed for power return to Abia-North.