INEC should conduct council polls, not state electoral commission – Enugu APC senatorial candidate

So I don’t think you can say that APC cannot compete in the South East. I think party politics is not what we are talking about now; it’s about individuals and what they have to offer. APC in this particular election is fielding a lot of very good candidates, of which I’m one, and I do believe that the era of saying that Enugu State is a one-party state is gone, never to be again.It still goes back to what I said before: this is an academic exercise.

I’m the one who has gone round the zone; I’ve visited every local government and I’m going to visit more; I’m going to take my message to the hinterland; I’m going to take my message far and wide, and I know the people. I know them and they know me and they see me; they have heard me, and they know the person who will bring back whatever is due to them in Abuja. So, I believe I have the advantage over all the other nine contestants in this race.

The new Electoral Act has put power back in the hands of the voters. You know how voters are: when they feel that their votes won’t count, apathy takes over and they don’t come out. Now I have seen enthusiasm; we have all seen the upsurge in registration in our zone and all over the country; people have woken up, people have seen the light, people want a change, people want the power to determine who represents them, and I know that with that power, they will vote for me.

I don’t think that, because of that, anybody owes me a seat on a platter of gold. I’m very willing to compete; let everybody go out there and compete for the votes. I believe people can go out there and make their choice. I don’t think that anybody needs to concede to me or step down for me because of what my father has done for them. In a fair and square election, I will win this senatorial seat hands down, and in a landslide.

I would like to see the power to conduct local government elections taken away from the state electoral commissions and given to INEC. That way, you can be sure that the local governments are independent. The second one is the setting up of a rural development agency, just as you have the Niger Delta Development Commission. Nigeria needs to have what you call “emergency rural development.” You have some of my people in the rural constituency, where pregnant women die because they have to use wheelbarrows to take them to the nearest health centres; before they get there, they can develop complications and die. We don’t have access roads leading to the cities.

I support this.

I too agree on this one. 👍

Very Apt

Totally agree with her. The state INECs and the state governors rather than deepen our democracy are killing it with the one party rule they impose on the states.

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