Army General Joins Enugu Council Chairmanship Race

Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in Enugu
State, a retired Army Brigadier -General, Felix Okafor, thursday
joined the chairmanship race for Ezeagu council, pledging to make
security a priority.

The aspirant is contesting the election on the platform of the
All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ezeagu is the local government area of the incumbent Deputy
Governor of the state, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo.

Speaking with journalists shortly after submitting his completed
expression of interest and nomination forms to the party
secretariat in Enugu, Gen. Okafor, said he was spurred by the
dogged fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari, in
the country, vowing to replicate the graft war in his council area
if elected.

He expressed satisfaction with the ruling APC manifesto, and
President Buhari’s philosophy of governance, which according to
him, equally motivated him in pitching tent with the ruling party,
describing the president as a man of integrity and honour.

He said his administration if elected, would be anchored on a
six point agenda, which, will include, agriculture, education,
healthcare, employment and infrastructural development.

In a brief remark, state Chairman of APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye,
represented by the state Organising Secretary, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu
Ede, had wished the aspirant well in his ambition.

The chairman, however, told the intending council boss, that
APC, as a party for the progressives, believes so much in internal
democracy, adding that it is against that backdrop that its
leadership does not impose candidates on members during elections
as allegedly obtained in other parties. “In APC, it is only the
people that determines who governs them, or becomes their candidate
during primary elections” Nwoye stated, reminding aspirants for
various positions in the council poll of the party’s primaries
slated for Monday, September 11, 2017.

Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in Enugu
State, a retired Army Brigadier -General, Felix Okafor, thursday
joined the chairmanship race for Ezeagu council, pledging to make
security a priority.

The aspirant is contesting the election on the platform of the
All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ezeagu is the local government area of the incumbent Deputy
Governor of the state, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo.

Speaking with journalists shortly after submitting his completed
expression of interest and nomination forms to the party
secretariat in Enugu, Gen. Okafor, said he was spurred by the
dogged fight against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari, in
the country, vowing to replicate the graft war in his council area
if elected.

He expressed satisfaction with the ruling APC manifesto, and
President Buhari’s philosophy of governance, which according to
him, equally motivated him in pitching tent with the ruling party,
describing the president as a man of integrity and honour.

He said his administration if elected, would be anchored on a
six point agenda, which, will include, agriculture, education,
healthcare, employment and infrastructural development.

In a brief remark, state Chairman of APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye,
represented by the state Organising Secretary, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu
Ede, had wished the aspirant well in his ambition.

The chairman, however, told the intending council boss, that
APC, as a party for the progressives, believes so much in internal
democracy, adding that it is against that backdrop that its
leadership does not impose candidates on members during elections
as allegedly obtained in other parties. “In APC, it is only the
people that determines who governs them, or becomes their candidate
during primary elections” Nwoye stated, reminding aspirants for
various positions in the council poll of the party’s primaries
slated for Monday, September 11, 2017.