Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, lamented the possible disenfranchisement of electorates in the Saturday’s Anambra gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
The former governor called for the postponement of the exercise to Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
The minister said the call for postponement is to enable party members across the state to participate as well as give enough room to the Committee Members to resolve contentious issues raised by aspirants.
According statement he issued by his Media Office at Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the State, Ngige who is also the leader of the Party in the State said he has already made his position known to the chairman of the Primary Committee for the Anambra State Governorship election and the Governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
The statement read in part; “ Your Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Chairman of the Anambra State Primary Committee, good day. As I write you now, 4.25pm, Saturday, 26th June, I’m in my home town, Alor with 2 electoral wards and there is no sign of any governorship primary election. My inquiries and investigation show that the story is the same all around the 326 wards of the 21 local government areas in the state
“As a result, most party members have left for home, having waited since 8am. I discussed with your member, Distinguished Senator Ken Nnamani and I’ll advise you call the Panel Members to shift the exercise to Tuesday, June 29th to also enable you tidy up some issues raised by aspirants.”
