The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as an ignorant politician.
The party said Ganduje’s recent comment suggesting that Anambra has remained politically dislocated from the centre by remaining in the APGA indicates that he is unaware that the APC is non-existent in the southeast state.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APGA, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, said that Anambra has remained better than most states that claim to have connected to the centre.
Ganduje, making his remark during a South East APC colloquium held in Nnewi and organised by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, stated that Anambra has been politically dislocated from the South East by remaining in APGA.
Ejimofor said: “First, I wonder the level of progress Kano State made under Ganduje’s APC that resulted in a revolutionary and historic rejection of the party by the people who opted to vote for the NNPP and were ready to stake their lives to defend their votes.
“Ganduje should understand that the Southeast and Ndi Anambra, in particular, are more interested in why Kano State, after him, decided to disconnect from the APC-controlled centre.
“Well, the APC is non-existent in Anambra; I am sure Ganduje himself knows this for a fact. Again, the continued existence of APGA in Anambra is performance-based.
“Anambra, and indeed, the Southeast, is APGA land. There is no doubt about this, and even where the region decides to negotiate a handshake with the centre, the APC has proven not to be such a viable alternative. I sincerely hope that Mr Ganduje will seek to really see that which is not hidden rather than opting for deliberate ignorance.
“From Peter Obi to Willie Obiano and now Professor Soludo, Anambra has remained on a trajectory of progressive growth, and it is for this reason that even a political neophyte would state without double checking that Ganduje was either speaking to impress his host or he is sincerely ignorant of the facts.
“Anambra under APGA has remained a state of many firsts, and in recent times, the state under the Soludo government has won many awards.
“Recall that Anambra has won the award as the state with the best deployed ICT, and Anambra State ICT Agency under Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata won that award. Anambra has also been named as the state with the lowest out-of-school child record.
“If all these awards are what it takes to be disconnected from the centre, then Anambra will gladly remain disconnected.”
