{"id":409155,"date":"2011-04-30T01:35:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T01:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/ndigbo-justified-to-go-for-presidency-in-2015-%e2%80%93-ugochukwu\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T01:35:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T01:35:08","slug":"ndigbo-justified-to-go-for-presidency-in-2015-ugochukwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/ndigbo-justified-to-go-for-presidency-in-2015-ugochukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndigbo justified to go for presidency in 2015 \u2013 Ugochukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"72\">\n<p>Umuahia \u2014 Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, the former Chairman\u00a0 of Niger Delta Development Commission, says the Igbo will be justified to go for the presidency in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ugochukwu said in Umuahia that the unity and resolve of the South East was the biggest lesson of 2011 polls,\u00a0 adding \u201cWe made a decision to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and we voted massively and overwhelmingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a strong message, the tribe represented in every part of the country was not tied to the South East alone.\u201d<br \/>Ugochukwu expressed the hope that the race would use the new found unity to leverage and reposition itself in the country\u2019s politics, stressing that disunity made the tribe to lose its pride of place in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new found strength in 2011 polls will get us there,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>On PDP\u2019s victory in Abia, the party\u2019s governorship candidate in the April 2007 election, said: \u201cThis election is a demonstration of our sincerity to PDP and Gov. Theodore Orji.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank God and the good people of Abia for the victory and the faith they have in our great party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, winning the 11 National Assembly seats, the governorship and the 24 House of Assembly positions was not an easy task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory shows that the party is united and has finally come together as a working team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to understand what has happened is to reflect on the state of the PDP in 2003 and 2007,\u2019\u2019 he said.<br \/>Ugochukwu said his expectation for Abia in the next four years would be a period of transformation, adding that he was inspired by Orji promise that he was in a haste to transform the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/04\/ndigbo-justified-to-go-for-presidency-in-2015-ugochukwu\/\" title=\"Ndigbo justified to go for presidency in 2015 \u2013 Ugochukwu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ndigbo justified to go for presidency in 2015 \u2013 Ugochukwu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Umuahia \u2014 Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, the former Chairman\u00a0 of Niger Delta Development Commission, says the Igbo will be justified to go for the presidency in 2015. Ugochukwu said in Umuahia that the unity and resolve of the South East was the biggest lesson of 2011 polls,\u00a0 adding \u201cWe made a decision to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and we voted massively and overwhelmingly.\u201d \u201cIt was a strong message, the tribe represented in every part of the country was not tied to the South East alone.\u201d Ugochukwu expressed the hope that the race would use the new found unity to leverage and reposition itself in the country\u2019s politics, stressing that disunity made the tribe to lose its pride of place in the country. \u201cOur new found strength in 2011 polls will get us there,\u2019\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ndigbo justified to go for presidency in 2015 \u2013 Ugochukwu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/ndigbo-justified-to-go-for-presidency-in-2015-ugochukwu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ndigbo justified to go for presidency in 2015 \u2013 Ugochukwu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Umuahia \u2014 Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, the former Chairman\u00a0 of Niger Delta Development Commission, says the Igbo will be justified to go for the presidency in 2015. 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