APC Campaign flag-off: Prof. Ugwu Hails Mammoth Crowd, Urges Ndi Enugu To Vote Mbah, All APC Candidates
…charges APC faithful to use evidential campaign to sweep away reminant opposition
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. George Ugwu, has hailed the mammoth, organic and passionate crowd of All Progressive Congress (APC) faithful in Nsukka that received Gov. Peter Mbah, the exceptional and most performing governor in Nigeria, and other APC state and national stalwarts.
Ugwu disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday at Nsukka Township Stadium during APC Enugu State Officially Campaign Flag-off for the 2027 General Election meant for the re-election of Gov. Peter Mbah and President Bola Tinubu.
The campaign flag-off witnessed a large turnout of party faithful, political office holders, traditional and community leaders, as well as supporters within Nsukka axis and some from across the three senatorial districts of the state.
Ugwu noted that the APC was determined to consolidate its presence in the entire Nsukka through ongoing grassroots and door-to-door campaign as well as secure victory for all its candidates in the forthcoming elections.
According to him, we are vigorously campaigning on evidential achievements of Gov Peter Mbah through investments in security, infrastructure, education, healthcare, economic development, and revival of moribund assets and completion of abandoned projects.
The commissioner urged electorate in Nsukka and entire state to assess Gov. Mbah government’s performance through its verifiable achievements and ongoing projects.
“We have numerous evidence to show His Excellency Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, great love for the people of Nsukka and Enugu State.
“The ongoing dualisation of the Penoks–T-Junction–Ugwogo-Opi-Nsukka Road had significantly reduced travel time and improved safety as well as evacuation of goods especially farm produces to major markets in Enugu.
The SUMAS Teaching Hospital is already open for specialist medical services in Enugu North Zone and beyond.
“We have 40km Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Umualor-Ikem virgin dual carriageway, which connects to Obollo-Afor Road within Nsukka axis. It is another intervention designed to improve connectivity, and linking communities in Nsukka axis of the state, while also serving as a new gateway to the North Central part of the country.
“On education and healthcare, our people can see and feel 20 Smart Green Schools nearing completion within Nsukka LGA and with a fully completed And operational Ihe Type-2 PHCs and 20 other Type-2 PHCs nearing completion.
“The government had recruited more than additional 6,000 teachers, who are now undergoing training at the state’s Centre for Experiential Learning and Innovation.
“There was recruiting of over 2,200 healthcare personnel recently, in order to strengthen healthcare in the state’s four-tier healthcare system.”
On economic front, Ugwu noted that Mbah had resuscitated and operationalised Presidential Hotel, International Conference Centre (ICC), United Farm Products Limited, Songhai Enugu Integrated Farm; Sunrise Rice Flour Mill; launched service-awarding winning Enugu Air and recently paid 20-year backlog of pension and gratuity owed to pensioners among others.
He noted that these investments remained a testament and evidence of the state government’s efforts to stimulate economic activities and create employment opportunities for the people.
Ugwu said that the Executive Chairman of Nsukka LGA, Engr Jude Asogwa, had supported the governor by building numerous rural access roads, providing communities with transformers and energizing the transformers to bring comfort to the people and embarked on bore hole projects..
“As far as we are concerned as APC faithful in Nsukka, no vote will be allowed to go to the opposition as our people and electorate can clearly see the good intentions of Gov. Mbah towards us
“With this passionate mammoth crowd and intensified campaign; it will surely be landslide in favour of APC and it will surely end in praise to the Almighty,” he said.
Ugwu appreciated Gov. Mbah; Deputy Gov. Ifeanyi Ossai; Director-General of the Enugu APC Campaign Council, Chief Charlie Mbah; elder statesman and former Governor of old Anambra State, Sen. Jim Nwobodo, represented by Commissioner for Local Government Matters, Deacon Okey Ogbodo and APC Deputy National Chairman (South), Dr. Ben Nwoye, who represented the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, for attending the successful and colourful flag-off.
He thanked Enugu State APC Chairman, Dr. Martin Chukwunwike; Sen. Osita Ngwu, representing Enugu West Senatorial District; Sen. Ikeje Asogwa of Enugu North Senatorial Zone; Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, SAN; and Secretary to Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia; among many others for gracing the event.
Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively.
He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.
He began his journalism career in The Republic Newspaper, Lagos in 1987 as a Special Correspondent in Benin City, Edo State.
In 1990, he was posted from Lagos to old Anambra State as a State Correspondent in Enugu.
In 1994, he joined the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune Newspapers where he rose to the rank of Southeast Bureau Chief.
Retiring from the mainstream traditional media in 2019, he began another journey in online newspaper publication.
He was the Overall Best Reporter in 2015, an award bestowed on him by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State.
He has attended several workshops/seminars organised by multi-nationals, government institutions, local and international media including BBC.
He is also a unionist and had held top positions as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists of Enugu Correspondents’ Chapel and State Council of NUJ, respectively. He was also a one-time Enugu State Secretary of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN).
