Anambra Guber: Okwuosa receives 326 APC women leaders, advocates more space for women in leadership

 By Madu Ezenoha 

APC Anambra state guber aspirant, Azuka Okwuosa (L), APC Anambra state Deputy Women Leader, Mrs. Nkechi Nnoli (R), and other women leaders during a visit to Okwuosa at his campaign office Awka, recently.

Front-line aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state, Sir Azuka Okwuosa has advocated for increased involvement of women in the nation's political and public administration.

Okwuosa said women can make unique contributions in the resolution of the many scio-political challenges facing the country.

Okwuosa, who made the call when he received in audience more than 326 All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leaders from the state during a solidarity and Easter visit at his campaign office in Awka, recently, noted that women are home builders, and have also shown that they are nation builders.

"Women have a more humane and rational approach towards solving complex problems, so I strongly call for more involvement of women in leadership positions in Nigeria," he said.

Okwuosa said women will be given a pride of place when APC takes over the reins of power in the state, stressing that women make huge contributions towards campaign efforts of most parties yet they are relegated to the background after victory.

He appreciated Anambra APC women for their solidarity and Easter visit and enjoined them not to relent in their support to him and the party until victory is achieved during nominations and main election in November.

Earlier in a remark, the Anambra state APC deputy women leader, Mrs. Nkechi Nnoli, thanked the guber aspirant for the warm reception accorded them, stressing that the visit aside from offering them the opportunity to wish him well during the just commemorated Easter celebration, was also to enable them gain further insight into his programmes for women in the state when he succeeds as governor.

She said, "I believe in the Azuka Okwuosa project and so do the 326 women leaders of APC in Anambra state. We all gathered here to celebrate Easter with him and to use the opportunity to hear him out, to know what he has in stock for Ndi Anambra and women in particular".

Mrs Nnoli expressed the confidence of the women leaders in the person of Okwuosa, who is also popularly called 'Zukky', as according to them he has been a party man dating back to the days of Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the APC.

They said that throughout Sir Okwuosa's walk with the party, he has never faltered nor disappointed and has always given the women folk an opportunity in all his party assignments. 

"We are confident that he would give the women a pride of place in his government when elected governor of Anambra state. 

"Hon. Sir, Okwuosa knows that in Anambra state, we have very vibrant women like Dora Akunyili who can be called upon when the going gets tough and so he has absolute trust in our women because we have never disappointed especially in Anambra APC. He believes in women's participation in politics".

Commenting on Zukky's chances of winning the party's nomination and consequently winning  the November 6 2021gubernatorial election, she expressed very high optimism, arguing that not only was Okwuosa a party man from inception, but that he has no skeleton in his cupboard. 

"Above all he is the god-son of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Ezeigbo gburugburu and Ikemba Nnewi."

She lamented that some politicians were brandishing the pictures of the great Ikemba to win elections, shouting 'Nke a bu nke anyi,' (this is our own), yet they never knew him neither do they know his beliefs and ideologies like Azuka Okwuosa who spent years under-studying him did. 

Mrs Nnoli recalled that Okwuosa was one of the founders of APGA in line be with the Ideology of the great Ikemba but due to the APGA disappointment he had to quit the party. 

"And now that we need a man that has the Ideology of Ojukwu to rule Anambra state, Hon. Sir Azuka Okwuosa is the man because he has the charisma, the political energy, the principles and most especially the Ideology of the Igbo leader which is to restore the glory and dignity of Ndigbo."