Nigerians should vote APC candidates on March 18, every state should connect to National Grid, says Umenzekwe

A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and member, Federal Housing Authority, Chief Modestus Umenzekwe (Onwa Achina) has called on Nigerians to vote APC candidates in the forthcoming Governorship and State Assembly elections on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Umenzekwe who spoke to the media on Tuesday added that voting APC candidates in the elections is tantamount to connection of those states to the national grid.

“I sincerely believe that there will be more benefits accruable to those states that will align themselves with the government party by casting their votes for APC in the Governorship and State Assembly elections because anyhow you look at it, there is likely to be less friction in their relationships with the new Federal Government, and the government at the centre will definitely see them as their own, therefore I implore all the states to give massive votes to my party, APC on Saturday. The more the merrier, we need more states. When you are connected to the centre through your governor or through the lawmakers, your state is better off,” he said.

Umenzekwe also urged Anambra people to vote for APC candidates for State Assembly positions in the state, adding that even though the government in the state is that of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), it is not impossible to enthrone a legislature in the state which has APC in majority. “My State is Anambra, you know that Anambra will not be on the ballot for the governorship, but there is going to be the state assembly election. I encourage our people to go out on mass and vote APC. With this I am sure that is the only way to ensure a robust legislature in the state, an assembly that will not be a rubber stamp to whatever the governor says, no, we need a healthy debate, we need synergy, we need cooperation, we want an assembly that will scrutinize the activities of the executive and perform their watchdog roles as   legislature effectively.

Umenzwkwe also stressed on the need for a peaceful election, calling on all gladiators to call their supporters to order so that the electorate will come out on mass and cast their votes for the candidate of their choice. “I want to use this opportunity to plead to Nigerians to eschew violence during the elections; violence does not pay, let the will of the electorate determine who is winner or loser; you can’t carry ballot boxes or waste lives and properties because you want your candidate to win, it is not good before God and man,” Umenzekwe advised.