From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has promised to domesticate the party’s change agenda to tackle peculiar development challenges in Anambra State with priority on free and compulsory education.
Chukwuma spoke at the headquarters of the APC in Abuja after submitting his Expression of interest and Nomination forms, stressing that the multiplicity of aspirants on the platform of the party was a clear indication of strength rather than a potential basis of division in the state chapter of the APC.
He further argued that since the APC was the most popular party in Anambra State, any of the aspirants who emerge on its platform would defeat the incumbent governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano.
“APC is the party to beat in Anambra State. We have so many aspirants running on the platform of our great party and this is a big source of strength. But let me make this point very clear, each and every one of us running for this position on the platform of APC is eminently qualified. Though what separates me from them is my intellectual integrity, each and every one of us no doubt can beat the incumbent governor any time, any day.”
On what Anambra people should expect from him, he said his mission was to give free and compulsory education, lamenting the declining fortune of education in the state.
“We are the light of the nation and it is not in contention. In education under the present administration however, the glowing flame appears to be thinning out and there is no other person to blame than the incompetent APGA administration in Anambra State.
“My first priority therefore is education. My first task in office is to set up within 24 hours of assumption of office, a high-powered commission of inquiry into the dwindling fortunes of education in the state and the way out. That done, the lip service paid to the funding of that critical sector and the yawning gap between funds released and their utilization will be blocked,” Chukwuma said.