…Udeh, Ubosi, others rally support for continuity, cite landmark achievements of APC governments
The Enugu State Unity Forum, a leading support group championing the re-election of President Bola Tinubu, Governor Peter Mbah and all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, has embarked on an aggressive grassroots and door-to-door mobilisation campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This was even as the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Barr. Victor Udeh; former Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Uchenna Ubosi, as well as other keynote speakers charged members of the group to confidently take the achievements of the Tinubu and Mbah administrations to the grassroots, insisting that their impressive records in office constitute compelling reasons for their re-election.
Speaking during an engagement with members of the Forum at Enugu East Council area, the group’s coordinator, Hon. Emeka Nwatu, said the Forum would focus on two major areas: voter education and political enlightenment, sensitising the people on the achievements of the APC-led governments.
Nwatu explained that the group would concentrate its activities in rural communities, where members would educate eligible voters on how to cast their ballots correctly without invalidating them.
He also urged those who were yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so in preparation for the elections, expressing confidence that the ruling party would sweep the forthcoming elections.
Speaking on behalf of the six Local Government Council Chairmen from Enugu East Senatorial District, the Chairman of Enugu East Local Government Area, Engr. Beloved-Dan Anike, described the APC as an increasingly dominant political platform in the state, expressing confidence in the party’s prospects in 2027.
Anike likened the APC to an ocean capable of producing political heavyweights, noting that the coming together of different interests under the Enugu State Unity Forum had strengthened the party’s unity and electoral prospects.
He described the APC as the only political vehicle capable of taking Enugu State and Nigeria in the right direction, urging residents to identify with the party and vote for its candidates across the board.
Anike also reaffirmed the commitment of all the six Council Chairmen to Tinubu and Mbah’s reelection.
Ubosi, on his part, said Governor Mbah’s performance had made the task of political mobilisation considerably easier, pointing to the administration’s delivery on its promises.
He said the volume of projects executed within three years was too extensive to enumerate at a single gathering.
The former Speaker maintained that opposing the governor’s re-election despite the visible development across the state would amount to working against Enugu’s progress, expressing confidence that the APC would secure victory from the presidential election to the state House of Assembly.
In his remarks, Barr. Udeh expressed delight at the large turnout of supporters, describing it as a strong indication of the party’s growing electoral strength.
Recounting the political journey that culminated in Governor Mbah’s emergence in 2023, he recalled the role played by the Ifemeluma Group and stakeholders from Enugu West Senatorial District in advocating for Enugu East to produce the next governor in the spirit of equity.
He said Mbah distinguished himself during the campaign by becoming the first governorship candidate in a long time to publicly present his manifesto at Godfrey Okoye University, adding that the governor had not only fulfilled his promises but exceeded expectations.
Udeh described the governor’s performance as exceptional, drawing comparisons with the development-oriented leadership of the late Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. Michael Okpara.
He urged the people to reject what he called empty political promises and remain focused on candidates with demonstrable records of performance.
Highlighting the administration’s achievements, the Chief of Staff listed the establishment of 268 Smart Green Schools across the state’s electoral wards, providing tuition-free education, free school uniforms and daily meals for pupils.
He also cited the construction of 260 Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres, the payment of inherited gratuity liabilities, extensive road construction and rehabilitation and the proposed 10-kilometre-per-ward road programme, under which communities would determine priority roads.
Udeh further highlighted ongoing road projects, including the dualisation of the Penoks Road and Abakpa-Nike-Ugwogo-Ekwegbe-Opi-Nsukka Road, as well as interventions across Emene and Trans-Ekulu.
He attributed several federal infrastructure projects in the state, including the Enugu-Port Harcourt and Enugu-Onitsha expressways, the Ninth Mile-Makurdi Road, the Emene flyover, the Abakpa Junction flyover and the New Artisan twin bridges, to the benefits of stronger collaboration between the state and federal governments.
He also disclosed that President Tinubu had approved the commencement of a gas pipeline project from Egbema in Imo State through Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Ebonyi, describing it as a major intervention capable of addressing the infrastructure deficit that had constrained industrial development in the South-East.
While calling on the people to support the re-election of President Tinubu, Governor Mbah and other APC candidates, he stressed that continued collaboration between both levels of government would accelerate development and deliver more dividends of democracy to the region.
Also speaking, the Secretary of Enugu East Local Government Area, Barr. Uchenna Mbaeke, assured the governor and the party leadership that the grassroots mobilisation machinery was already firmly in place, with the forum’s members strategically positioned across electoral wards and polling units to secure victory for the APC in 2027.
wHe said Mbah’s reelection would guarantee more development, consolidate the gains already made and advance the prospects of a better Nigeria.
The Enugu Unity Forum, Enugu East Zone, which was organised by Mbaeke, brought together key political stakeholders, community leaders and grassroots mobilisers under a common platform to advance the re-election of the president, the governor and other APC candidates in the state.
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