With the Anambra Governorship Election scheduled for November 8, the Young Progressive Party has intensified its campaign rhetoric, declaring that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s alleged failures have rendered him unelectable.
The party’s Deputy Governorship candidate, Mr. Uzu Okagbue, strongly criticized the incumbent, labelling him a “weak” leader and outlining what he described as clear signs of failed governance.
“Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is a weak incumbent, and that makes them easy to defeat. The weakness of the governor is because he has failed in all indices of governance. Soludo is the worst governor the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has produced in its 19 years of leadership in the state,” Okagbue stated.
He pointed to worsening insecurity, deteriorating education standards, poor civil service conditions, and the use of what he called “cheap labour” in public schools as key indicators of Soludo’s underperformance.
“Under Soludo, Anambra’s educational ranking has disgracefully dropped from first position in the country to 33rd. How can you move forward in education where the governor is hiring cheap Labour as teachers?” he asked.
Okagbue also took aim at the state’s infrastructure, accusing the Soludo administration of poor-quality road projects that, according to him, are already deteriorating even before completion.
“The governor’s road projects are failing, even as they are being constructed. You people are journalists, do I need to tell you people about that? You already know these things. You are in this state and have seen where roads are being maintained, even as they are being constructed.”
According to the YPP candidate, these issues are already known to the electorate and will play a decisive role in the upcoming polls.
“The people of Anambra deserve better, and on November 8, YPP will deliver that change. These things I have mentioned are the reasons Soludo will never return. Anambra people know these things and they will vote him out on November 8.”
He affirmed his support for the party’s governorship flagbearer, Paul Chukwuma, describing him as the most competent alternative for the state.
“The best replacement Anambra people can get is the YPP governorship candidate, Paul Chukwuma. I teamed up with him as his running mate because of his bold vision and clear ideas. The YPP ticket represents the only hope to rescue Anambra from its present doldrums,” Okagbue said.
