Labour Party submits governorship candidacy paperwork to Otti

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The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has presented a free governorship nomination form to the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.

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A statement issued on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ken Asogwa, said the form was presented to the governor by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Nenadi Usman, during a brief ceremony at the Abia State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.

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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.

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She said, “This nomination form 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.”

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In his remarks, the National Secretary of the party, 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.

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He praised the governor’s consistency in both politics and governance.

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Responding, Otti thanked the party’s NWC for the honour done to him, assuring members that he did not take the gesture lightly.

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He pledged not to disappoint the party and promised to continue supporting it in every possible way.

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The governor also commended Usman for her leadership in steering the party out of the protracted crisis that had hitherto plagued it.

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He further expressed confidence that the coast was now clear for the Labour Party to proceed into the next general elections, saying all legal impediments confronting the party had been effectively resolved, with no subsisting litigation against it.

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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.

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Also present during the ceremony were the immediate past National Secretary of the party, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, who also received a 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.

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