ANAMBRA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A former member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State, Emeka Anyaenetu has given reasons for dumping the party for the All-Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in the state.
Anyaenetu was among the 1300 PDP members that were received by Governor Chukwuma Soludo and national leader of the party at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women’s Development, Awka on Saturday.
He said Soludo’s people-oriented policies informed their decision to join the APGA movement.
“A total of 1300 of us in the PDP agreed to collapse our structure into APGA. We were attracted people-oriented policies of the governor and decided to join his party so we can assist him continue and complete his agenda for Ndị Anambra,” he said.
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Speaking earlier, the governor described the day as big in the history of APGA, expressing joy that PDP in Anambra has discovered the way and decided to join the APGA movement that would take them to the promised land.
He enjoined the new entrants to join hands with his government to build the party as a vehicle for transformation and expressed commitment to using the vehicle to enhance development.
State Chairman of APGA, Barr Ifeatu Obiokoye commended the Governor for leading the initiative and creating the enabling atmosphere, which he said was in tandem with the vision of the party leadership in the state.