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“As recently as in the 6th Assembly which lasted between 2015 and 2019, Anambra Assembly remained a fertile ground for fireworks of sorts,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu From the days of Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju, the Anambra State House of Assembly has been significantly dramatic, either caught in the crossfire between ‘federal might’ against the state government, or in a struggle with the state executive. Throughout Nigeria, Anambra Assembly is one of the most ‘hot-headed’ and one of...

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“As a former governor himself, Obi knows and understands protocols and he knows that it was wrong for him to walk into a hall where the governor who is the host, was already speaking,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On Saturday, the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo formally celebrated his one year in office at the international convention centre. The programme which was well attended by so many public figures and leaders of industries, left many...

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Every Election has three phases, namely: Public Campagn, Vote Casting and Court Litigation. Each phase is crucial. And, for any Election to be credible, a candidate MUST win all three phases. He or she must win at the People’s Parliament, get majority of the votes cast and successfully defend his or her mandate in Court, if necessary. Of these three Phases, Vote Casting is the most critical and most problematic because it is subject to...

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Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war. This time last year, no one saw Peter Obi coming. Mentally, Nigerians were preparing for yet another general election in a series dominated since the country’s return to democracy in 1999 by the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) and its rival People’s Democratic Party (PDP). An uninspiring two-horse race seemed all but guaranteed,...

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“Nigeria is sleek and thin, and such nations are dangerous.” _________________________ I told you guys before…a dozen times, I think, that the day of Africa’s most populous Nation to die was imminent, that is, if she hadn’t died. I’d say, I told you this over dinner, over a game of who tells the best, salty jokes, and on that day we all heard the news declaring that men had been cleared to marry men. We...

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For non Nigerians, it’s very difficult to believe that a human being will sell his or her inalienable Right to Vote for mere 10 cups of rice or 10 packets of Indomie or 2,000 Naira. When you take a closer and dispassionate look at what happened during the House of Assembly Election of last Saturday in Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Anaocha and most Local Government Areas of Anambra State, you begin to understand the devastating...

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“There must be electoral victory first, before governance,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On Saturday, the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo formally celebrated his one year in office at the international convention centre. The programme which was well Recently, there have been calls for Prof. Sam Amadi to join the upcoming governorship election in Imo State, on the platform of the Labour Party. In fact, I have read some people give orders to the Labour Party...

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“One of the biggest challenges of the one year old Soludo’s government is its politics,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu Anambra state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was sworn-in as governor amidst high expectations exactly a year ago. One year down the line with the government now effectively in its second budget, in what ways is the government living up to the expectations it had of itself, the expectations the people had of  it, and how does the future...

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“Nigerians must be guided by utmost diligence in electing their leaders on Saturday beyond the frenzy of “let’s teach him a lesson,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The first leg of the 2023 General Election has opened new dimension towards understanding specific challenges of Nigeria’s democracy that could impede the country’s progress. The fear really is if the people can, given our prevalent realities, always through popular will, elect the quality of candidates required to move the country...

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The Igbo political elite faces the challenge of transforming an unimpeachable moral argument into a winning political coalition. As campaigning for the just concluded presidential election gathered pace, Peter Obi, standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) found himself athwart two apparently contrary impulses. The first, let’s call it the liberal impulse, centered on the irrepressible energy and creativity of the “Obi-dient,” the mass of mostly young enthusiasts who had come to see the former Anambra State...

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