High-powered members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East leadership, which consist of five ministers from the region, a former Senate President and members of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Dr. Ken Nnamani, and Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, at a meeting at the Government House, Owerri, yesterday, resolved to present an impregnable and united front ahead of 2023.
At the meeting, they also resolved to support President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government in order for the people of South-East to derive maximum benefits from the centre.
Uzodinma disclosed this to newsmen after the closed-door meeting, he said the leaders were more than committed to working harmoniously with the Federal Government for the overall benefits of Ndigbo.
The Ministers who are at the meeting were Minister of State for Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba; Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige; Dr. Ogbonaya Onu, Minister of Technology; Mr. Uche Uga, Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Development, and Geoffery Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Uzodinma of Imo also disclosed that the leaders were more than committed to strengthening the APC in the zone in order to make the APC a party of choice for Ndigbo.
According to him, Imo is the gateway of APC to the South-East, noting that the ultimate objective of the leaders is to ensure that the people of the five states of the region get maximum benefits from the Federal Government.
According to him, “We need to re-examine our alliance strategies and see for ourselves which alliance trend has paid the South-East more: The first and second republics’ alliances we had or the ones we are having in this third republic.”
According to Nnamani, the choice of Owerri for the meeting was strategic, because the state provides the launching pad for the APC in the South-East, as it is the only APC state in the region.
He added that the leaders came to show solidarity with the only governor, the party has in the region and to congratulate him for making the party proud though laudable projects.
Ngige on his part assured the people of the South-East that those of them in the federal cabinet were aware of their duties and that everything due to the people of the region will get to them. He added that two rail projects had been embarked upon for the region and that work would soon commence on them.
