By Peter Omopo
Senator Uche Ekwunife, Director General of the South East Governorship Forum and the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the 2025 Anambra election, has said Nigeria is in safe hands under President Bola Tinubu, describing him as the most formidable candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
Ekwunife made the remarks on Saturday in Awka during an APC stakeholders’ meeting convened to assess the party’s ongoing electronic membership registration exercise and outline strategies ahead of future elections. She said the President’s economic reforms and policy initiatives were beginning to yield positive results, urging Nigerians to support the administration’s Renewed Hope agenda.
She disclosed that the APC in Anambra State is targeting the registration of more than 336,000 new members across the state’s 336 wards, with a minimum target of 1,000 registrants per ward, as part of efforts to strengthen the party’s grassroots base ahead of the 2027 presidential, national and state elections.
According to her, the e-registration drive is designed to identify loyal party members, enhance mobilisation, and empower them politically. She stressed that electoral success depends more on strong institutional structures and grassroots support than financial resources.
Ekwunife acknowledged that the party did not receive significant federal backing during the last governorship election but said the APC still recorded notable progress. She urged ward chairmen to demonstrate commitment to the registration process, warning that failure to do so could isolate them within the party structure.
She also called on party members to intensify efforts to promote the APC across the state and appealed to Nigerians to pray for the nation’s leaders.
In his remarks, the Anambra APC Chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike, described politics as a game of numbers, stressing that no political party can win elections without a strong and expanding membership base. He said the stakeholders’ meeting was aimed at evaluating participation in the e-registration exercise and ensuring fairness and seriousness in its implementation as the country approaches another election cycle.
