Labour Party NWC presents governorship nomination form to Otti
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia
The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has presented a free nomination form to the Abia State Governor Alex Otti.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party
Ken Eluma Asogwa on Friday, stated that the form was presented to the governor by National chairman of the party Senator Nenadi Usman, during a brief ceremony at Abia State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.
The statement added that
Usman commended Otti for serving as the poster boy of the Labour Party and for faithfully implementing the party’s ideals of equal opportunities and Social Justice in the governance of Abia State.
She said, “This nomination forms is presented to the governor free of charge in recognition of his outstanding performance in office and as an encouragement for him to continue delivering quality governance to the people of the state.”
In his remarks, the National Secretary of the party, Hon. Obioma Iheanacho, thanked Otti for his steadfast faith in and commitment to the Labour Party, even at a time when the party was faced with internal challenges and many others had abandoned it for different political platforms.
He praised the governor’s consistency, both in politics and governance.
Responding, Otti thanked the party’s NWC for the honour done to him, assuring them that he did not take the gesture lightly.
He pledged not to disappoint the party and promised to continue supporting it in every possible way.
The governor also commended Usman for her leadership in steering the party out of the protracted crisis that had hitherto plagued it.
He further expressed confidence that the coast is now clear for the Labour Party to proceed into the next general elections, as all legal impediments that confronted the party had been effectively and exhaustively resolved, with no subsisting litigation anywhere against the party.
Usman was accompanied by the party’s National Secretary, Hon. Obioma Iheanacho; National Organising Secretary, Mrs. Oluchi Oparah; National Woman Leader, Hilda Dokubo; and the National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa.
Also present during the ceremony were the immediate past National Secretary of the party, Distinguished Senator Darlington Nwokocha, who equally received his free nomination form from the NWC, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, caucus leader of Abia State members in the House of Representatives, who led other federal lawmakers from the state; as well as members of the Abia State Executive Council.
Photo: Gov. Otti in a photograph with LP NWC members and party chieftains