Nnamani criticises PDP for ‘ignoring’ southern governors

Enugu East senator, Chimaroke Nnamani, has condemned the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) management for ignoring 5 of its governors because it commenced presidential campaigns for the 2023 elections.

He stated it’s discouraging and sheer vanity on the a part of the celebration management to disregard a crucial group of 5 sitting governors.

Mr Nnamani made this identified in a press release despatched to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday.

The governors he referred to are Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

Though all of the governors have been appointed into the celebration’s Presidential Marketing campaign Council, they snubbed the council’s inauguration in Abuja in September and weren’t in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital the place the celebration formally kicked off its marketing campaign on Monday.

They’ve been on the forefront of requires a ‘steadiness’ within the ‘lopsidedness’ within the celebration and a correct illustration of the south within the celebration’s management construction.

Mr Nnamani famous how the governors and their supporters have been absent on the rally in Akwa Ibom State.

He stated the celebration management ought to have performed extra in a give-and-take method to hold the aggrieved celebration members alongside.

“The Governors are our leaders and their humiliation rubs off on all of us,” he stated. “Politics is native and other people from these affected states parading with the PDP management won’t ship their polling cubicles with out the governors.

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“They’ll drag themselves from their dwelling states to Abuja. Some are Abuja everlasting residents. They gown the conferences and color the rallies, however that’s what it’s, political color dressing,” he stated.

The lawmaker, a former governor of Enugu State, is one in all many aggrieved members of the celebration who’ve known as on its management to hold all members alongside notably the aggrieved ones.

Mr Nnamani has, nevertheless, come below criticism these days for what many have known as anti-party actions.

This started after he was named a member of the Presidential Marketing campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) although he’s a PDP member.

Though he stored mum and didn’t reject it, the APC stated the appointment was intentional and his information will likely be worthwhile to the celebration.

His newest remark comes barely 24 hours after he informed Nigerians that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is hale and hearty and condemned those that communicate in opposition to the latter.