SIR UCHE OBIENU INAUGURATES A VIBRANT CAMPAIGN TEAM FOR IDEMILI SOUTH CONSTITUENCY ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

SIR UCHE OBIENU INAUGURATES A FORMIDABLE CAMPAIGN TEAM FOR IDEMILI SOUTH CONSTITUENCY ELECTION

Sir Dr Uche Obienu (Nwawelugo n'Oba) the frontline  candidate for Idemili South Constituency on the ticket of the Labour Party, over the weekend, innagurated his campaign team for the elections. 

The occasion which took place at his country home in Oba, had in attendance the chairmen and leaders of the various wards in the constituency as well as other community and interest leaders.

In his welcome address, Nwawelugo stressed that the 2023 election will be the first time in Nigeria s political history that all eyes will be on Labour party and on Igbos generally. He maintained that if the Igbos harness their numerical voting strength across the country (which runs into over 20 millions), the election will be a walkover for the Labour Party. He decried the current poor representation at all levels of the legislature and offered himself as the credible alternative for effective representation. He urged the team to see their innuguration as a call to duty and promised that he will not forget all those that worked with him to attain the post. 

The high point of the occasion was the inauguration of the ward coordinators and other stakeholders in the team by the Legal Adviser of the organization. 

Also inaugurated alongside the ward coordinators was the Campaign DG Dr Chiedo Chibuike, a vibrant and firebrand political activist and grassroots mobilizer 

The DG of the Team , Dr  Chiedo Chibuike called for cohesion and  commitment to ensure Victory for Sir Dr Uche Obienu at the polls in March 11. He urged everyone to be ready to work hard for the success of the campaign. He also urged everyone to get  membership cards of the Labour party so as to be part of the success story of the party.

As his first duty as DG, Dr Chibuike appointed Engr Uzo Udoka a popular vibrant and outspoken Obidient,  as secretary of the Campaign Council. 

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY WITH PETER OBI, SUSTAIN IT! -Chief Sir Joe Martins Uzodike

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By Hon Emma Asie

Elderly statesman and former Commissioner for Information in Anambra state , Chief Sir Joe Martins Uzodike (Dike-Udo, Aka na eme Eze na Awka Etiti) has encouraged youths to sustain their current support for Labour Party Presidential candidate candidate Mr Peter Obi as they are on the right track with him. 

Chief Sir Joe Martins Uzodike gave the encouragement at an interactive phone-in program on Alpha Radio Nnobi 106.5FM titled POLITICAL HEAT hosted by Emmanuel Asiegbunam (Mr E on the Mic). 

Exploring the topic "Is 2023 really the turn of the younger generation?" The elderly statesman affirmed that with determination and drive, the younger generation can turn the tide of the nation and make a statement with the 2023 general election. 

The former Commissioner for Information who was also a one-time Senior Adviser to then Governor Jim Nwobodo of the old Anambra state, traced the challenges youths are facing in politics today to the non creation of enabling and conducive environments by successive governments over the years. He lamented that spiraling unemployment was driving youths to violence, crime and other vices with a resultant negative impact on the nation. Going down memory lane, he recalled "During my time in the 70s and early 80s, employers were coming to schools to harvest intelligent students and give them jobs even before they graduated from school. Many of my peers were already with good jobs even before leaving school. However, this is no longer the case today as even first class graduates with multiple degrees, find it almost impossible to  get any meaningful employment after school." He therefore called on the youths to take back their country and vote in candidates that understand the youths and can provide gainful employment and improved standard of living for all Nigerians. He warned Nigerians in his own words against *"voting for old men like me who have lived out their lives and are not in tune with current realities. Youths need someone that understands them, reasons like them, identifies with them and can bring out the best in them by creating the most convenient environment for their talents and creativity to thrive". He reiterated his earlier stand that "...2023 is the turn of the younger generation and old politicians that recycle themselves in power, should be permanently retired".

Responding to questions from callers on what should be the priority of any incoming government, Sir Joe Martins AKA Buzuzu (as he was fondly called in his schools days as a prolific footballer in Christ The King College (CKC) Onitsha) stressed that sports and youths development should be the number one priority. He recalled that he and some of his peers enjoyed scholarship as a result of their exploits in sports as students and that it positively shaped their mentality to national development. He urged the current government and any incoming government at all levels to concentrate on and invest more on sports as a tool for positively engaging the youths. He expressed hope that one day, the Nigerian Premier league will become as competitive and attractive as the English Premier league. The former secretary of Ranger FC in the late 70s, revealed that he still plays active football even at 69 years old!

Sir Joe Martins Uzodike, who was a one time class teacher of former governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state and later served as Obiano's Campaign Director General in 2013 and eventually Special Adviser on Political Affairs, clarified that he had no issues with the former governor despite being "sacked" from his position unceremoniously as Political Adviser. He said they still maintain cordial and friendly relationship. 

He however maintained that his current allegiance lies with Mr Peter Obi under whom he served as a commissioner for information in 2010. He gave his full support as an elderly statesman to Peter Obi s presidency and prayed that Nigerians especially the youths will massively vote in Peter Obi so that Nigeria can get back on the right track of national development and unity.

He expressed delight that the Nigerian Youths are actively keying into Peter Obi s presidency and therefore urged them not to relent but to sustain the tempo by collecting their PVCs and coming out on election day to peacefully vote for Peter Obi and Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed of the Labour Party. He further called on community leaders to ensure that the PVCs are not hoarded as was being alleged over the social media but that every registered voters in all communities in Igboland, collect their PVCs as it is their ticket to a better future. 

You can watch the live streaming of the program interview here

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"SHUN VIOLENCE AND VOTE WISELY" - President Igbo Youths Assembly Worldwide

"SHUN VIOLENCE AND VOTE WISELY"-

President Igbo Youths Assembly Worldwide Urges Youths

By Hon Emma Asie

Youths have once again been urged to shun violence and vote wisely at the forthcoming 2023 general elections. 

This call was made by the President Igbo Youths Assembly Worldwide, Honorable CASMIR IREKAMBA when he featured at an interactive phone-in program on Alpha Radio 106.5 FM titled POLITICAL HEAT,  hosted by Emmanuel Asiegbunam (Mr E on the Mic)

X-raying the topic "Can the Youth Make or Mar the 2023 General Elections?", Honorable Irekamba stressed that the youth have the power to make or mar the election and determine the winner by virtue of their population. He elucidated that the INEC recently confirmed that out of 9.5 million Nigerians that registered during the recently concluded Continuous Voters Registration exercise, 76% (approximately 7.2 million) are between the ages of 18 to 34. Also according to INEC, at the 2019 election, 51% out of the 84 million eligible voters (approximately 43 million) are youths. Putting the two figures together, he concluded that youths have an estimated 51 million voters out of the 93.5m registered voters in Nigeria as announced by INEC. He therefore urged the youths to take advantage of this sheer overwhelming population and determine the course of the 2023 general elections.

Honorable Irekamba decried the voters apathy amongst youths in the past but expressed excitement that the ongoing political experiment witnessed a renewed and revived interest in politics and voting by the youths. He further advised youths to sustain the tempo by going to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) and coming out on election day to vote and defend their votes. He assured Nigerians that this time around, unlike in the past, that the votes will truly count, all thanks to the BVAS technology and the New Electoral Law

Responding to questions from callers on  what the Igbo Youths Assembly Worldwide was doing to curtail violence and other vices, Honorable Irekamba revealed that the organization which is a global alliance of youths of Igbo extraction, is embarking on sensitization campaigns via the media on this and also collaborating with relevant stakeholders like the Security agencies and traditional, religious and educational institutions on ways to prevent youths from engaging in vices and contributing positively to the development of the country. He further called on affluent Igbo men and women all over the world to come home and help develop the Igbo nation rather than concentrating their investments outside .

On which of the presidential candidates the organization will endorse, the president said that the information will be made public via a world press conference in a matter of days

You can watch the live streaming of the program  interview via this link below

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