Deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the peaceful conduct of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Enugu-west Senatorial District ahead of the November 4, 2017 local government election in Enugu State.
Ekweremadu also
assured that the ongoing constitution amendment exercise would address
challenges facing local governments across the nation. The Senator who monitored the exercise in the
five local governments of Enugu-West in company of the Member representing
Aninri-Awgu-Oji Federal Constituency, Toby Okechukwu, and Member representing
Udi-Ezeagu Federal Constituency, Dennis Amadi, among others said the
overwhelming acceptance of the results of the primaries by party faithful was
not only an indication of the popularity of the winners, but also the readiness
of the PDP to make a clean sweep in the forthcoming council election in the
district.
He advised
the winners, Nestor Ochin in Udi, Stanley Okeke in Awgu, Chukwudi Ezinwa in
Ezeagu, Chukwu Ezekiel in Aninri, and Harrison Okeke to campaign
vigorously and also be ready to reciprocate the confidence reposed in them by
the party faithful and the electorate by impacting their lives positively when
voted in.
On the amendment of
Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution in the ongoing constitution amendment
exercise, Ekweremadu said: “It will be wrong to assume that the local
government is running smoothly in majority of the states as we have it in Enugu
State under the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi administration. “For this reason, the National Assembly is
working to ensure that the ongoing constitution amendment exercise accords the
third tier of government substantial autonomy to deliver dividends of democracy
to the people”.
Dailytrust
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