Local Government elections will hold before the end of the year in Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced on Sunday.
He spoke at a zonal rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu West Senatorial District, where over 5000 members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, announced their defection to the party.
The defectors, including members of the Labour Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, thronged the meeting venue in Awgu council area with their party logo, which they later dropped.
Ugwuanyi, who was endorsed for a second term ahead of the 2019 general election, by the Party in the zone, equally declared that board and parastatals would soon be inaugurated.
The endorsement, a unanimous decision of party members in the zone, was announced by the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu.
The Senator equally presented two buses from the party members in the zone to the Governor, to kick-start his (Ugwuanyi) re-election campaign.
Responding, Governor Ugwuanyi who said he was excited by the endorsement, thanked them “for their message of hope”, and expressed his loyalty to the PDP, a party he said made him a member of the House of Reps and now a Governor.
Continuing, he said, “I want to let you know that we will hold local government election this year.
“I want to let you know that development centres will be inaugurated this year; various boards, parastatals and MDAs will soon be inaugurated.”
“We will soon reorganize to enhance the process of government”, the governor declared.
Earlier, Ekweremadu had also led in a prayer session for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We must pause at this moment, remember that our President, Muhammadu Buhari is sick, so may we pray for his recovery, that God will protect him, heal him, that he will come back and continue leading the country”, he said.
On Ugwuanyi’s endorsement, the lawmaker said after deliberations, “we the people of Enugu West have decided that in 2019, we will support you as governor.
“In consolidation of this decision, we are giving you two buses to kick-start your campaign.
“We are satisfied with your projects, we have seen the roads, the hospitals, quality bridges; we have seen the appointments.”
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