Enugu State APC Caucus: Nwobodo, Nnamani, Chime, Onyeabor, others make list

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu state chapter, at the weekend, appointed prominent politicians in Enugu state, both new and old members, as members of the state caucus of the party.

Those that made the list include former governor of old Anambra State, Sen Jim Nwobodo; former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; former Governor of the State, Barr. Sullivan Chime; former Military Governor of Gombe State, Group Capt. Joe Orji; a transport magnet and CEO Peace Mass Transit Ltd, Evang. Sam Onyishi; and former Secretary to Enugu state Government, Chief Onyemauche Nnamani.

Others are; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeffrey Onyeama, Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Chief Osita Okechukwu;  the guber candidate of the party in 2015 general elections, Barr. Okechukwu Ezea; former Speaker of
Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh; party financier, Emperor Baywood Ibe and former national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Rex Onyeabor, among others.

Speaking while inaugurating the caucus at the party headquarters, GRA,  Enugu, the state chairman, Dr.  Ben Nwoye,  who also serves as the chairman of the caucus in line with the party’s constitution, said the caucus was part of efforts to reposition the party towards winning the 2019 general elections in the state.

Nwoye described the event as remarkable, as according to him, the former governors, former senators and former speaker, who were members of the caucus presently, were not members of the party two years ago.

“These are great men and women, who we know that with their contribution,
not just financial, but by directive and direction, that this party will move forward.

“We now want to constitute the conscience of the party to help us direct the party because we have a date with the Lion Building, Enugu’s Government House in 2019,” he said.

Speaking on behalf of the vice chairman of APC, South East, Hon Emma Eneukwu,  the zonal publicity secretary, Chief Hyacinth Ngwu, both of whom were members of the caucus,  commended the chairman of APC Enugu state, Dr.  Nwoye, and his executive committee members,  noting that Enugu state chapter of APC was the first state in the South East to inaugurate the state caucus.

The Director General of VON,  Osita Okechukwu, stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government was fulfilling its promise to the state, stressing that aside provision of loans to cooperative groups, the Federal Government recently attracted a South African mining firm to partner with Enugu State Government, with a view to reviving Enugu coal mines to generate electricity and boost the economy of the zone.

The state chairman of the party, Nwoye, had earlier excused the absence of some members of the caucus who, he said, were either on party or national assignment, including Sen Nwobodo, who according to him,  was busy as chairman of the APC committee for the coming Anambra guber election, which he boasted his party was poised to win.