The member representing Awka South two Constituency Rt. Hon. Chukwuma Okoye has welcomed no fewer than seventy (70) members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) into the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), across Amawbia wards one, two and three.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
the event which took place at the residence of Okoye, who is the Deputy Speaker of Anambra Assembly, in Amawbia, Awka south council area, attracted party faithful in the community and beyond as the party begins mobilization for the November 8 guber election in the state.
While welcoming the new party members, the lawmaker congratulated them for opting for progress over retrogression, assuring them that they have made the right choice in partnering with Governor Chukwuma Soludo to deliver a working Anambra.
The Deputy Speaker revealed that the upcoming gubernatorial election on November 8th is an affirmation as Governor Chukwuma Soludo will always be a reference point in years to come, thus the major reason the state House of Assembly has passed 31 bills with 29 of them signed into law, showing the partnership between the state lawmakers and the executive for the betterment of the state.
Decorating the decampees with party uniforms, Anambra state APGA chairman, Barr. Ifeatu Obi-Okoye expressed happiness over their interest to join APGA which best reflects and propagates the hope and aspirations of Ndi Igbo and assured them that he will ensure they have all benefits as full-fledged party members accrue to them.
Responding, one of the decampees and former ward chairman of Labour party, Mr. Onyeka Menuba said other parties have failed Ndi Anambra, and the time has come for Soludo to change gear to reposition the state to the world.
