A former Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, has purchased the N30 million Labour Party (LP) expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the November 8, 2025 Anambra State governorship election.
Moghalu who is also a former National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), received the forms personally from LP national chairman, Julius Abure at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
While presenting the forms to the aspirant, Abure assured him that he will not only win the party primary but also defeat the incumbent Anambra governor, Prof. Charles Soludo at the main polls.
“I want to assure you that you have taken the right decision and we want to assure you that the Anambra State primary will be free, fair and credible. Party members in Anambra will determine who becomes the governorship candidate of the party. Abuja will not dictate over who becomes the candidate. It is the people, LP members in Anambra State.
“I want to enjoin and admonish that it is a good thing to pick form, but you need to go back to sell yourself to the members of the party. I need to work to endear you to members of the party who will ultimately have the power to nominate who becomes the governorship candidate in the State. Without sounding immodest, I want to congratulate you and wish you the best of luck,” he said.
In his response, Moghalu expressed confidence that the party will provide aspirants with the enabling environment for political contestation while he would win during the main election.
“I want to thank you and the party’s leadership. For me, it is a privilege to run under the platform of LP because one may decide to run on the platform of a party and it refuses to accept you. It is not about paying for the forms but being accepted by the people you want to buy the form from.
“I am elated and I want to sincerely thank you. I gave you assurance the first time I came to the secretariat that I am a party man. I understand the dynamics having served in the party secretariat. My loyalty to wherever I belong cannot be questioned and people that know me were surprised that I was able to change a political party platform because this is actually the first time I am joining another party.
“I have always remained in one party since the inception of this democratic dispensation. But I have to leave for LP because in every political consideration, two factors are critical.
“I am very confident that the party platform will provide us with the enabling environment for political contestation. Ambition is not war, fight because at the end of the day, one person will fly the flag of the party in Anambra State. It is my wish, confidence in God that I will be that person.
“The assurance I want to give you today is that I will not betray the confidence that I will not let you down. I will go with LP, I will win with the party and I will represent LP very well and you will be confident enough to say this is your candidate,” he added.
