Anambra YPP Guber Candidate Deepens Conversation Beyond Party Lines

By Ebuka Onyekwelu

The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and his running mate, Uzu Okagbue, have intensified the grassroots campaign with several engagements of various segments of the Anambra society, across party lines.

With a campaign message anchored on the phrase; “Anambra Deserves Better” and followed by a message of hope that “Joy is Coming,” the YPP has set itself up as a viable opposition to APGA’s dominance of the Anambra State Governorship Election in over two decades.

In a meeting with former Anambra State Executive Council members who served during the tenure of the former governor of the State, Mr. Peter Obi, between 2006 and 2014, the YPP Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue stressed, while acknowledging the relevance of the group that the success of a leader is tied to the leader’s team. This, Okagbue said, has placed onerous responsibilities on the former members of the Anambra State Executive Council to actively rewrite the leadership trajectory in Anambra State while they still can. The meeting which was held in Awka-Etiti, at the home of Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, has been described by Uzu Okagbue as an” impactful engagement” steep in “deep thought, clarity of vision, institutional memory, and shared commitment to Anambra’s progress.”

Prominent members of Peter Obi’s administration team members like Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, Obi’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Stella Okunna, Commissioner for Works, Architect Callistus Ilozumba, Barr Chukwuebuka Okoli-Akirika, Dr. Ego Uzoezie, among others, were present and engaged Mr. Okagbue, who responded satisfactorily to their questions. Some key members of the Obi’s team also commended the candidate of the YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma and Uzu Okagbue, reiterating that the combination is a solid team that can set Anambra on the right trajectory. Uzodike emphasized that it is important to observe that the election is not over and that anyone overlooking the YPP ticket does so at a huge political risk.

Similarly, the YPP team also met with a notable community leader in Ihiala LGA, Nze Chimezie Ikebuaso, excited by the promise of viable leadership in Anambra State with the YPP, pledged to fully work for the YPP in Ihiala LGA during the November 8 Anambra State Governorship Polls.