Imo 2019: Lawmakers endorse Okorocha’s son in-law

The members of the Imo State Assembly have given their consent to the gubernatorial ambition of Mr. Uche Nwosu, Chief of Staff and the son-in-law of Governor Rochas Okorocha as their sole gubernatorial candidate ahead of the 2019 general election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).

The bombshell was dropped at the weekend by Henry Ezediaro, a member representing Oguta state constituency in a media briefing, stating that without Nwosu as governor in 2019 that most of the ongoing projects and programmes embarked by Okorocha’s administration would be abandoned by any other person who has not been part and parcel of the current administration.

Hon. Henry Uzoma Ezediaro, who is also the House committee chairman on Petroleum, ISOPADEC and NDDC, said that after consultations and meeting by the state legislators that they came to the conclusion that only election of the Chief of Staff as the state governor in 2019 would ensure the continuation of the programmes of the current administration.

He said: “Most of the ongoing projects which are yet to be completed will be abandoned by any governor who has not been part and parcel of this current administration.

“We members of the Imo State Assembly have resolved that considering the disposition, manner and humility in which Ugwumba Uche Nwosu has conducted himself in politics, we are urging him to contest the governorship election in 2019. We the members of Imo State House of Assembly across party lines have endorsed him as our candidate.

‘We want somebody like Uche Nwosu to be the Governor in 2019 because he has been part and parcel of the Rescue Mission led by Okorocha because we want continuity and would not want these ongoing projects and the laudable programmes to be abandoned by somebody who does not understand the philosophy this current administration”.

The legislator added: “I am also speaking in my capacity as the Director- General of Ugwumba Mandate that we are urging him to contest the governorship as his governorship ambition is now our project with or without the support of the Governor Okorocha. If he chooses to contest in APC I will donate 27 buses for his campaign like I did for Governor Okorocha in 2015 when I had donated five campaign buses to for him “.

While thanking Governor Okorocha for what he has accomplished in the state, the lawmaker urged him to look into the areas that needs to urgently take care of especially the salaries of civil servants and pensions.

He said: “I urge the Governor to revisit the agreement earlier reached between the state government and labour now that we are out of recession. I also want him to quickly constitute the board members of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas commission (ISOPADEC) and to properly fund it”.