The candidate of Action Alliance (AA), in the Nov.8 Anambra State governorship election, Ozo Jephat Nweke has called on other candidates to abide by the rules of the game.
Nweke appealed to them to avoid the temptation of blackmailing others to gain political advantage.
Nweke made the call at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
He advised the candidates to use the campaign period to sell their programmes to the electorate.
He said, “The essence of political campaigns shouldn’t be to malign or engage in character assassination or unnecessary altercations with political opponents.
“It is rather a time to showcase our developmental plans for the people. Campaigns should be issue- based.
“What are your plans for the security of lives and property?
“How do you intend to stop kidnappings and killings that have become common place in our state?
“How do you intend to tackle the debilitating multiple taxation choking our people to death and stagnating businesses?
Make your plans plain
“What are your plans for the education sector, welfare of the people and the state’s economy?
“How do you attract investors to come and build industries to create employment for our youth?
“As well as improve our revenue base without necessarily taking people to the cleaners in the name of politics?
“These are the issues that ought to dominate our discourse and not name callings,” he submitted.
For Ozo Nweke, anything contrary to the issues above amounts to politics of bitterness.
And it’s undue recourse to the gallery which is a disservice to the people at this critical moment in time.
Unnecessary attack on Gov. Soludo
The AA candidate condemned as despicable some recent attacks and use of uncouth language by some people reacting to a trending video of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo dancing with his son to a music waxed by the later.
Nweke said such attacks were unnecessary as Soludo as a family man with children and has done nothing absolutely wrong to dance with his son.
According to him, “Soludo is human and deserves to express himself like every other human on what he likes.
” It is therefore both condemnable and detestable for anyone to ridicule the first family of the state because of that.
“My idea is that we should all desist from this dirty politics of bitterness and calumny just to gain undue political advantage and focus on issues.
He said his party has mapped out very robust programmes on how to rescue Anambra from misrule.
“We are poised to put the state on the path of development and progress which keep unfolding as we meet people in our campaigns.
“I believe there could be different approaches toward the way things are done.
“Though, Gov. Soludo is trying his best in terms of general development.
” Though, he is not devoid of mistakes as such default is naturally embedded in our everyday life.
“We hold him high and where such mistake is noticed, should be handled with correction in order to move the state further in positivism.” Nweke stressed.
