The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has congratulated Professor Chukwuma Soludo on his emergence as dovernor-elect of Anambra State.
Ngige said Anambra people made an excellent choice by voting in the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
In a congratulatory message from his media office on Wednesday, Ngige described Prof Soludo’s victory as well deserved.
Ngige hailed the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), stating that the people of the State have spoken.
“Ndi-Anambra have spoken with this resounding victory. Having contested in 2010 with Soludo, who was then the PDP candidate and myself in ACN; an election in which I was ‘awarded’ the second position even though I won outright and Soludo third, I knew that with his tenacity of purpose and drive, he would one day make it to the seat of the Governor of Anambra State.
“It is a case in patience and endurance, an aspiration nurtured to serve the people with all his strength, I seriously believe. Ndi-Anambra I know, will hence, entertain no excuses. Much has been given hence the expectation is very high. Knowing Soludo as I do however, I have no doubt that our people have made an excellent choice by voting him.”
Ngige further appealed to those that contested the election with Soludo to sheath their swords.
“Only one person would emerge a winner in this contest, more so, when the seat of the Governor of Anambra State can only be occupied by one person at any given time. I therefore urge the other candidates to be good losers and join hands with the Governor-elect to give the State the best.
“As an elder statesman in the State, I have no choice than to irrevocably stand with my dear Ndi-Anambra in their desire for an unfettered freedom to choose their leaders. It is a legacy we must bequeath to the posterity of our people.”