A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Uche Ekwunife, has joined the stiff contest for the 2014 Anambra governorship election.
The lawmaker, representing Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, made her intention known during a chat with journalists in Awka on Sunday.
Ekwunife stated that she was motivated to vie for the post to serve the people.
She said: “My motivation for running is service to the people. The governorship position is a huge responsibility that one uses to touch people’s lives.
“In terms of knowledge, exposure, experience, understanding the job and being a good legislator, I have what it takes to govern the state.
“Being a woman is not an impediment, but rather an advantage. And where people think of the aspect of culture which demands that only men break kola, I have never seen a male governor breaking kola either.
“When Dame Virgy Etiaba was there as a governor for few months, am sure you saw the remarkable improvement she made.
“What we should talk about is someone who would bring the desired change that we need in the system.”
She described the House of Representatives as the only place “where you have the largest chunk of elected people with versatile knowledge”, stressing that having represented her people well at that level, she was willing to bring the knowledge to the state.
“There is still a whole lot to do in the area of roads, talk about health, women empowerment, poverty eradication, industries, among others”, she observed. Ekwunife described the crisis rocking APGA as a family affair, which would fizzle out in no time, noting that “there are always litigations in politics, confusion and controversies”.
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