By Adeleye Kunle
As campaigns for the 2023 general election in Nigeria commenced on Wednesday, more communities and groups have continued to declare their solidarity and support for Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
They also endorsed the PDP and agreed to vote for all candidates of the party at the polls including the governorship candidate, Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah and his running mate, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai.
Prominent among the communities and groups were the people of Lejja and Uwani Lejja autonomous communities, Nkpunano Nsukka Ancient Kingdom, Obukpa Community, and members of The Face of Hope for Nsukka and Igbo-Eze South LGAs as well as Enugu North Senatorial Zone Canvassers, among others.
Speaking when the people of Lejja paid a solidarity visit to Gov. Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, Prof. Damian Opata, told the governor that they are solidly behind his senatorial bid in 2023 and that of other PDP candidates in the state.
Prof. Opata, who described Gov. Ugwuanyi as a humble and caring leader with a listening ear, said that Lejja people are thankful to the governor for paying an unscheduled visit on two occasions to their community to inspect their long neglected road (Lejja-Aku road), and immediately commenced work on the road.
Describing Gov. Ugwuanyi’s gesture as unprecedented, Prof. Opata also told the governor that “the road had been in a pitiable condition for many decades, but you came on your own and made some difference today.
“You have transformed the place, you have directed immediate commencement of work on that road and the workers are currently working on the road. We are thanking you, Your Excellency.”
The erudite professor, on behalf of the people of Lejja and Uwani Lejja communities, equally appreciated the governor for the appointment of their sons and daughters into sensitive government positions, saying: “We are thanking you immensely for our children you have employed into the service of the state; the one you appointed into the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), those you appointed into the Enugu State Post Primary Schools Management Board (PPSMB) as the chairman, water corporation, finance service and numerous others
