2019: APC leaders strategise to win South-east

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to take over the three states in the South-east zone controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections.
It said as a result of the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari since assumption of office, especially the key projects he was executing in the South-east, the job of convincing the people of the area had been made easier.
The South-east states controlled by the PDP are Ebonyi, Abia and Enugu.
The party chieftains spoke on Saturday in Abakaliki, at a ceremony to mark the 5th anniversary of APC Youth League (APCYL).
National President of APCYL, Solomon Faeren said the party would fulfill its mission of winning the entire zone in 2019 to enable it consolidate on its programmes for the region.
Also speaking, an APC chieftain in Ebonyi, Christian Chukwu, said that the party was determined to dislodge the PDP in the region.
Chukwu, who delivered a keynote lecture titled: “The Role of Nigerian Youths in Nation Building,” urged youths to get involved in partisan politics.
He said this would enable them develop and build leadership capacity, noting that the future of the country belonged to them, hence the need to strive to participate in the political process.
“Youths are agents of progressive change and the future of any country belongs to the youths.
“The greatness of any nation is directly tied to the vibrancy and resilience of its youths, hence the need to develop and build your capacity to take up leadership roles,” Chukwu said.
He alleged that the PDP was intimidating and harassing APC members, but stressed that no amount of intimidation could deter them from achieving their mission.
“Our members were being harassed and intimidated but they have not succumbed.
The youth of Ebonyi are not going to succumb.
“When you watch the way they are not succumbing, it is a clear sign that they want to take what belongs to them,” he added.
South-east coordinator of APCYL, Okenwa Uka, said the youths were ready and determined to bring positive change in the political leadership of the country.
He said that PDP led government in Ebonyi has failed to provide needed political leadership that would lift the people from poverty and under-development.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu; former governor of the state, Martin Elechi; Nigeria’s ambassador to Peru, Chile, and Paraguay, Jonah Mkpuruka, and 22 others received leadership awards.
(NAN)