Frontline contender in the November 18, 2017 Anambra
governorship election, Chief Osita Chidoka on Monday picked his nomination form
to contest the election on the platform of the United Progressive Party (UPP).
The former Aviation Minister who was accompanied by a
large crowd of political associates and supporters including women, youth and
professional groups stormed the National Secretariat of the UPP in Abuja where
he was received by the National Chairman, Chekwas Okorie and other top party
functionaries.
Speaking after receiving the form from the National
Chairman, Chief Chidoka said he is on a mission to “modernize governance in
Anambra and institute a resourceful, creative and transparent government that
restores equality and reintegrates the ordinary citizens of the state who have
long been neglected into a functional democracy that work for everyone,
ensuring that the masses are once again, the ultimate beneficiaries of
government.
“Anambra people are desirous of a new beginning and the
time is now. Our state with its exceptional human and natural resources needs a
very creative and resourceful government to achieve its full potentials. What
we have as governance today is a mere celebration of the ordinary. We want to
move away from celebrating the ordinary to instituting a system that works for
our people. We want to build a system that provides the opportunity for our
innate capacity and potentials as a people, to be fully developed.
“Our model is one that makes sure that the individual is
the center of all government policies and projects. We want a state that is
transparent and all-inclusive with a government that ensures that every Anambra
person is given the unhindered platform to excel in his chosen sphere of
endeavor”, he said.
Stating that he is ready for the polls, Chief Chidoka
assured the public, that he has the proven capacity, experience and presence of
mind to reposition Anambra state, while noting that his major backing is God,
and the people of Anambra state who are set to demonstrate their support for
him at the polls come November 18, 2017.
Chidoka said the UPP offers the people of Anambra the
genuine platform to achieve their aspirations including restoring the Igbo
voice in Nigeria, which is one of the major objectives if he is elected
governor, adding that the UPP is also the ideal platform to achieve a nation
that works for all and where no man is oppressed, irrespective of creed or
ethnic affiliations.
Speaking at the event, the National Chairman Chief
Chekwas Okorie said Chief Chidoka represents the ideals and manifesto of the
UPP. He described Chidoka as the real tiger, the symbol of the party, adding
that the party is set to win the November poll.
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