By Joy Odor
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje on Tuesday promised aspirants for the 2025 Anambra Governorship election they will be “fixed to the national grid” if they work together and win the election.
He disclosed this at a meeting with the seven aspirants and other stakeholders in the state.
The APC National Chairman urged the aspirants to avoid litigation, anti-party activities, and lukewarm attitudes.
Ganduje emphasized the importance of unity and cooperation among party members, citing the Southeast geopolitical zone’s history of marginalization due to lack of synergy.
He expressed optimism that the APC can make gains in the Southeast, particularly in Anambra State.
“Only what we want is to have one of you that we can put forward, so that, you know it’s not easy to get the government from any incumbent. It requires a lot of political calculation. And cooperation is one of them.
“Please rally around him and become the foot soldiers, so that we win this election. We don’t want the Andy Guga episode. The beauty self.
“You are all equal as far as we are concerned. You are all our children. All the aspirants.
“So, please, we urge, we beg you. No litigation. No anti-party. No sitting on the fences. And no lukewarm attitude.
“The only thing we require is your active participation. All of you will be gainers. All of you will be gainers if we have government in a number of states.
“You will be fixed to the national grid. As we have been saying, you are now a rural electrification, which is a very weak link. So, help us to help you.
“We said, we give an opening environment so that the election, the action will take proper shape. We are not fighting anybody among you.
“So, please, don’t have any stereotypes about any of our members concerning this contest. We are all for you. Once one of you emerges, we beg you” he said.
Speaking, the APC Anambra State Chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike, commended Ganduje for his intervention and expressed hope that the meeting would mark the beginning of a new era of cooperation between the APC and Anambra State.
“We are having such an invitation and of course, for me, this is a clear signal for something good, and of course, I can’t wait to be part of the end product of this meeting and other ones that will come up.
“Restlessly, the National Chairman, I also want to seize the opportunity to hope that this meeting today will not just be an end in itself, but the beginning of other meetings between the APC and Anambra states” Ejidike stressed.
