2019: Enugu PDP Endorses Ugwuanyi For 2nd Term

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

From Ignatius Okpara

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general election in Nigeria, the Enugu State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unanimously endorsed incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office 2019.

The SEC which is the highest decision making organ of the party before the State Congress also approved September 9 and 16, 2017 for the conduct of the Ward and Local Government Primaries respectively to elect candidates for the November 4, 2017 Council area Elections in the State to be organized by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC).

Rising from its meeting which was attended by the Governor, members of the National Assembly NASS from the State, Board of Trustees, National, state and zonal party executives, Local Government Party chairmen, among others, the party in a communique stated that the decision to endorse Ugwuanyi for 2nd term in office was “because of his outstanding achievements and commitment to peace and participatory democracy”.

It hinted “The activities for the Primaries will commence on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 with the sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms at the Party Secretariat and end on Friday, August 25”.

The Party also passed a vote of confidence on Governor Ugwuanyi “for his sterling performance in office and visionary leadership in piloting the affairs of the State, especially in this period of economic recession”.

It “pledged the unalloyed support of the Party leadership at all levels in the State for the Governor and his administration’s people-oriented programmes and grassroots development initiatives, which have entrenched peace and good governance as well as impacted positively on the lives of the people of the State”

“The meeting of the State Executive Committee of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State Chapter, was held today, Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at the Party Secretariat at G.R.A, Enugu.

“The meeting deliberated extensively on issues concerning the growth and development of the Party in the state and took the following decisions”.