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The Nigeria Christian Youth forum, Abia State, a Non- Governmental Organization has unanimously endorsed and adopted the sole candidacy of Sir Mascot Uzor Kalu (KSJ) of the Action People’s Party Abia State,as their Gubernatorial candidate for the Saturday 11th March Governorship election in the state, said the candidacy of the Action People’s Party gave the Forum a strong conviction of hope from his manifesto.
This was disclosed by the publicity Secretary of the group JohnBosco Ezema during a world press conference held at Catholic Secretariat Hall,Mater Dei Umuahia on Friday 4th March,2023 in the presence of the president of the Forum comrade Eugene Okonta ,the secretary Iyke Okorie and all other members of the Forum.
According to Forum ,”At this juncture,the Nigeria Christian Youth forum, Abia State, wish to make it public that, following a wide opinion sampling, meetings and interactions with the electorates, parties and candidates who will be participating in the forthcoming election and having studied the manifestos of the eligible candidates/parties, which speaks volume of the ability of a political party to hit the ground running towards tackling the essential needs and wants of the citizenry, the manifesto and the candidacy of the Action People’s Party, gave us a strong conviction of hope.
“Therefore, this press conference holding today, is to make a formal declaration, that the Nigeria Christian Youth Forum,Abia State after our meeting, on Thursday, 2nd March, 2023, unanimously endorsed and adopted the sole candidacy of Sir Mascot Uzor Kalu (KSJI) of the Action People’s Party Abia State, as our Gubernatorial candidate for the Saturday 11th March Governorship election in the state, having found him worthy to deliver, when elected, as the Governor of Abia State. It might interest you to know, that the endorsement of Sir Mascot Uzor Kalu came after a careful studious process, which also took into consideration, his wealth of experiences both in public service and private sector.
“We therefore, call on all Abians to give him their votes. We believe that he will deliver on the mandate of Abians if given the opportunity to serve. I want to thank all the executive council, Local government coordinators, the entire family of the Nigeria Christian Youth forum and the gentlemen of the press, for this outing”
Speaking further the Forum commended all Nigerians for coming out en masse and participating actively in the just checking concluded presidential and National Assembly elections held across the country last Saturday,25th of February,2023.
The Forum noted that “the elections was marred with a lot of irregularities ranging from falsification and altering of figures, intimidation of voters and disenfranchisement which was as a result of late arrival of materials to respective polling units”
The Forum used the medium to call on the electorates not to feel dejected, downcast and hopeless,added that power still lies in the hands of the people, while urging the youths to add more zeal so as to avoid a repetition of what happened in some parts of the country during the presidential elections.
The Forum also appealed to the independent national Electoral commission to maintain a neutral and an impartial stand during the conduct of the forthcoming Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.