The Anambra State Chapter of Young Progressives Party (YPP) and fourteen other political parties have expressed their support to Prof Charles Soludo in the September 28 local government elections.
In an interview after the meeting of the states chairmen on Saturday, Hon Prince Obi, the state chairman of YPP said that his party was ready to contest and win in the September 28 Council polls.
He disclosed that the sales of expression of interest and nomination forms was ongoing at the party office in Awka.
Hon Obi said that there was no need to boycott the election when the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) had demonstrated willingness to engage all the political parties.
The chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Comrade Mattais Ameke in a separate interview said that his party couldn’t have opposed the conduct of local government elections in Anambra State after waiting for so many years for the exercise.
He said further that the national body of Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) could not dictate to the political parties at the state level to boycott an election.
On his part, Prince Bartholomew Igwedibia of Accord Party said that the September 28 Council polls in Anambra State was sacrosanct.
He said as a matter of fact that the Anambra State Governor, Prof Soludo was trying, adding that all patriotic stakeholders had a duty to support the Governor to continue his works.
The Anambra State Çhairman of IPAC who is also the state chairman of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) noted that the political parties in their meeting resolved not to truncate the deepening of democracy at local government areas by boycotting the LGA polls.
He said that his party was fully prepared to participate actively in the upcoming Council polls, noting that interested party faithful had started obtaining forms for the election at the party secretariat.
The state chairmen of Action Alliance (AA) Allied People’s Movement (APM), ADC , AAC, NRMP, APP, PRP, SDP and other parties in attendance affirmed their readiness for the local government elections.
Some of the chairmen of the political parties who could not make it to the meeting sent representatives who also confirmed their readiness for the September 28 polls.
