Abia North Political Project under the supervision of the Screening Committee led by Dr. Uduma Nnate and Secretary, Screening Committee Nnaukwu Peter Ogbuji has declared the governorship candidate of All Democratic Congress, ADC, Bishop Sunday Onuoha as a consensus Candidate for Abia north in 2023 governorship election.
Nnate who is the director of Abia North Political project said they took the decision after all due considerations of Capacity, Integrity, Sound health, Manifesto and Knowledge of Good governance.
Briefing newsmen in umuahia on Monday, Dr Uduma said the screening committee considered the chances of the candidate that can win election, capacity, credibility, competence, political party, and individual contact network of the different Candidates from Abia North and selected one. He disclosed that the governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress ADC, Bishop Sunday Onuoha emerged victorious as the consensus candidate.
He added that members of the committee were men and women of proven integrity drawn from the five local governments of Abia North as well as Elders from Abia North for advisory and concurrence.
According to them, all their Governorship Candidates in all the parties are qualified and met their selection criteria, stressing that they must present only one person.
His words, “After the Primaries, we discovered that 10 out of the 18 political parties gave their party Governorship ticket to Abia North son or daughter. It became obvious that as a people, we cannot go for the Governorship election in 2023 with 10 Candidates at the same time and expect to win or miracle to happen”.
“It is also important to note that other groups and establishments are narrowing down and adopting our Consensus Governorship Candidate.
“We therefore humbly request our other candidates who are not chosen to rally around the chosen Consensus candidate to ensure victory for God’s own State”.
“We are aware that the flag/ticket you hold belongs to your political party and will definitely consult your party before stepping down for the Consensus Candidate for the overall interest of Abia North people and Ndi Abia in general. We commend your poise and political sagacity and hope that in future you will be a willing tool or resource person for Abia North people and Ndi Abia in general”.
Assessing the choice of the candidate of ADC and President Vision Africa International , Bishop Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, is a peace-loving Nigerian that has traversed the country, uniting Christian and Muslim religious leaders to take action against issues that affect the country, and has shown his ability to mobilize a remarkable event (in collaboration with INEC).
Nnate pointed out that Bishop Onuoha has multi-national and international connections that can attract development to Abia State.
