FELLOW PARTY MEMBERS AND ESTEEMED IMO COMPATRIOTS,
I BRING YOU ALL CALVARY GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD.
LET ME START BY THANKING GOD THE GIVER OF LIFE AND GOOD
HEALTH FOR MAKING US SEE THIS DAY;
LET ME ALSO THANK OUR PARTY LEADERS BOTH AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL.
THE QUEST FOR THE TICKET OF OUR DEAR PARTY HAS GENERATED
MORE ATTENTION AND NEWS, PERHAPS BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE LOOK UP TO US AS THE PARTY
IN POWER AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS, TO SHOW THE LIGHT IN OUR RENEWED
BID TO REPOSITION OUR GREAT STATE ON THE PATH OF STEADY GROWTH, SOCIAL SECURITY
AND FREE ENTERPRISE.
IT IS THEREFORE WITH ALL SENSE OF HUMILITYAND PROFOUND
RESPONSIBILITY THAT I ACCEPT TO BEAR THE FLAG OF OUR PARTY,THE ALL PROGRESSIVE
PARTY (APC) FOR THE FORTHCOMING GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN IMO STATE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND, THAT THE BATTLE AHEAD WILL NOT
BE AN EASY ONE, BUT WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE AND WITH THE ABSOLUTE COOPERATION OF
ALL LOYAL PARTY FAITHFULS AND INDEED THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS WHO DESIRE
THE GOOD LIFE, WE SHALL TRIUMPH.
NEEDLESS TO RE EMPHASIZE THAT THE ORIGINAL PICTURE OF IMO
STATE AS ENVISIONED BY OUR PAST AND PRESENT HEROES, THE MBAKWES, THE ECHERUOS,
THE ENWEREMS, THE NZERIBES AND SO FORTH, IS NOT A MIRAGE OR A MYSTERY TO
ACHIEVE. IT IS INDEED MORE REALIZEABLE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE, WITH THE QUANTUM
LEAP IN HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS OF WHICH WE ARE WELL ENDOWED.
INDEED, I MAKE NO CLAIMS TO BEING THE BEST THAT IMO CAN
BOAST OF. I DO NOT PRETEND TO HAVING ANY MAGIC WAND THAT WILL WIPE AWAY ALL OUR
SUFFERINGS IN ONE DAY.
BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE THING WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALL WE NEED TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I HAVE GOD AND I KNOW THAT WITH THE CONSISTENT AND
UNFLINCHING APPLICATION OF GOD GIVEN LAWS OF EQUITY AND GOOD CONSCIENCE, THE
NATURAL OUTCOMES MUST BE GOOD GOVERNANCE WHICH IN TURN WILL LEAD TO GOOD
POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT WILL IMPACT POSITIVELY ON OUR PEOPLE AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. IT IS DOABLE, ONCE WE MAKE GOD
THE PILLAR AND IMO PEOPLE THE TARGET.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD ESPECIALLY IN THE
ADVANCED CIVILISATIONS, GOOD LEADERS DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO KNOW IT ALL,
THEY SIMPLY NEED TO BE WISE ENOUGH TO LOOK FOR THE BEST IN EACH FIELD , BE
HUMBLE ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE ADVISE OF THOSE WHO KNOW BEST, AND THEN BE COURAGEOUS
ENOUGH TO APPLY THE WILL THAT IS NEEDED TO TRANSLATE GOOD IDEAS INTO GOOD
PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR SEAMLESSLY.
ONCE AGAIN, I THANK EVERYONE WHO STOOD BY US IN THIS LENGHTY
STRUGGLE, ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY AND KINSMEN.
I SALUTE THE PEOPLE OF ORU EAST,MY PRIMARY CONSTITUENCY FOR
THEIR UNQUENCHABLE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR SON, WHICH I CONTINUE TO FEEL,
IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTISAN AFFILIATIONS.
I SALUTE MY CO CONTESTANTS, FROM ALL THE FACTIONS, I OFFER A
HAND OF FELLOWSHIP FOR US ALL TO UNITE AS WE GO INTO THE FINAL MATCH, AGAINST
THE REAL OPPONENTS.
WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE, VICTORY IS ASSURED.
IMO WILL RISE AGAIN
LONG LIVE APC
LONG LIVE IMO STATE
LONG LIVE NIGERIA
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS US ALL
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