By Praise Chinecherem
Immediate past Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu has declared his intention to run for the governorship seat of Anambra State under the Labour Party (LP).
He however vowed to do only one term if elected, so as to complete the turn of the South, before the position moves to the central zone.
Addressing newsmen in his home in Nnewi on Saturday, the former Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who recently dumped APC for LP, described Governor Chukwuma Soludo as a failure, hence the need to vote him out in next year’s election.
He also refuted insinuations making rounds that he may be contesting for Senate to fill the vacant seat left in Anambra South by the demised senator, Ifeanyi Ubah.
He said: “I will be contesting for governor next year and not Senate. I recently resigned from APC, and on October 1, I joined Labour Party.
“Before I did so, I consulted my wife and children, my followers and friends, and I was convinced that Labour Party is the party that aligns with my person, and the best suited platform to realize my ambition.
“We need to redeem Anambra fast because Soludo has failed the people. There is dearth of infrastructure in the state, security has collapsed.
“We will not tolerate him further. What he could not do in four years, he will never be able to do in eight years. You don’t need eight years to develop Anambra.”
On why he left APC, which is the ruling party at the centre, where the federal government may likely work in his favour, he insisted that every politics is local, saying, “it will be the decision of Anambra people to vote any party, and not for the federal government to choose for the people.”
