South East
Anambra Women Urge Oduah To Run For Senate
Women from Anambra
North Senatorial zone of Anambra State have called on the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, to contest next year’s election to the Senate.
The women that met yesterday at Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra, also inaugurated local government coordinators in support of the senatorial aspiration of Oduah.
The local government areas in the zone comprise Anambra East, Anambra West, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Ayamelum, Oyi and Ogbaru.
The women signed a communiqué adopting her as their preferred choice for the senatorial election for Anambra North Zone.
While appreciating the women’s support for Oduah, a former PDP Chairman in the state and Director-General, Stella Oduah Campaign Organisation, Chief Pandolla Okwuosa, expressed satisfaction with the overwhelming response showed by the women of Anambra North Central Zone irrespective of their party affiliation and urged them to continue to support the former minister to improve the lots of women in the zone.
Okwuosa remarked that it would be an added value and advantage to the women folk and the generality of the people of the area if she eventually heeded their call to contest the forthcoming National Assembly election in 2015.