A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Imo State, Hon Nduka Anyanwu, has called for the zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to the state.
Anyanwu, the party’s House of Assembly candidate for Ahiazu Mbaise constituency in the 2023 general elections, made the call in an interaction with newsmen in Owerri.
He made the call against the backdrop of the party’s forthcoming congress.
He argued that Abia had produced the party’s chairman at different times, hence it was morally and idealistically right to zone the position to Imo State.
Anyanwu said his reason was that Imo was the next state in the South East with the most significant contributions and sacrifices for the growth of the party.
He called on the party’s national chairman, Chief Victor Oye and Anambra’s governor, Prof. Charles Soludo to save the soul of APGA.
The APGA chieftain further urged them to make the party a formidable political party by considering the need to zone the national chairmanship position outside Anambra in its forthcoming congress.
This, he said, would attract more interest to the party from persons in other parts of the southeast and Nigeria at large.
“APGA is a pan-Igbo party, no doubt and every Igbo man is intrinsically an APGA member.
“To realise the project of making APGA a formidable party within the South East, especially and other zones in general, there is every need to give each state a sense of belonging.
“Chief Chekwas Okorie from Abia was the first national chairman of APGA and after him came Sir Victor Umeh of Anambra, who chaired the party for a period of 12 years.
“If you add the 12 years of Umeh to eight years of the outgoing Oye, Anambra would have held the national chairmanship position of APGA for 20 years.
“Since Anambra has done well in the chairmanship position for the past 20 years, it will be a great disservice to other states and the party, if the position is not moved out of Anambra,” he stated.
Anyanwu, however, said he had no intentions of contesting leadership positions in the party
