The State Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye says the massive projects accomplished by Governor Chukwuma Soludo in the state will give the party landslide victory in the forthcoming Local government elections.

 

Chief Obi-Okoye stated this while speaking with journalists in Awka.

 

Political Correspondent, Chukwuemeka Modilim reports that while commending Governor Chukwuma Soludo for keeping his promise of conducting the Local government election, Chief Obi-Okoye said that APGA will use the election to show that it has the capacity to win next year’s Anambra governorship election.

 

The State APGA chairman noted that one of the ways through which government can get the impact of good governance to the ordinary man in the street is through the local government structure, which comes by election process

 

He pointed out that Governor Soludo had done exceedingly well in the areas of infrastructural development, human capital development, health, education, among others and these achievements will give APGA victory in the poll.

 

Chief Obi-Okoye maintained that in two and half years of Governor Soludo’s administration, Anambra has recorded unprecedented development, saying that the Governor has come for a more sustainable approach to youth empowerment through his one youth two skills initiative.

 

He commended the Governor for understanding that it is better to equip the people with skills that will enable them to fend for themselves and their families as well as become employers of labour.

 

He disclosed that the testimonies coming from the beneficiaries of the programme showed that it has changed their lives for good and grown their businesses.

 

He revealed that the second phase of the one youth two skills programme which Governor Soludo has inaugurated off that will train eight thousand youths on different vocations, his farm to feed project will eradicate hunger and poverty in the state