Ahead of the 2019 general elections in the country, former Governor of Abia State, and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has assured party faithfuls in the state of the party’s readiness to win more states in the region.
Kalu, in an interaction with APC ward executives of Bende LGA of Abia State, urged the leaders to aggressively galvanize support for the party, adding that the APC is the only political party with the masses’ interests at heart.
According to him, APC is truly committed to internal democracy and a strict adherence to the tenets of democracy.
His words: “We have decided to sensitize our people especially at the grassroots to the efforts of the APC-led federal government in taking Nigeria to enviable heights.
“Today’s gathering will also give us the opportunity to exchange ideas on activities of the party at the local government level.
“Politics is not about giving instructions from Abuja or other cities, you must continually engage people in the villages.
“The APC will not leave any stone static in its quest to win more states in the South East in the 2019 general election”.
The former governor while admonishing party executives to be committed and patriotic in the discharge of their duties, urged APC faithful to support their executives in steering the affairs of the party at all levels.
The APC bigwig further said” voters should be wary of people without verifiable source of income.
“We must reject politicians who are only interested in using politics as a short cut to wealth accumulation.
“The time has come to vote for credible individuals who are passionate about the people and not political opportunists”
