Abia Guber Aspirant Calls For Level Playing Field

The senator representing
Abia Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Chief (Mrs) Nkechi Nwaogu has appealed to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to provide a level playing ground for contestants in the primaries ahead of the 2015 gubernatorial election.
Nwaogu made the appeal during an enlarged meeting she held with stakeholders and leaders of her party from the senatorial zone. She said this would enable the party to get the best candidate for the polls.
Senator Nwaogu, the only woman governorship aspirant in Abia State, said governance was not an issue of gender, but tested performance and ability to deliver democratic dividends to the people, and stressed that the PDP should not treat her as a second class member of the party due to her gender, but should rather provide a level playing ground for all the aspirants.
Her words: “Performance should be the issue and not gender.  The PDP should provide a level playing ground for all aspirants. I should not be intimidated ,nor hounded because of my gender. My party should let Abia make history by being the first state to elect a woman as a governor in this country.”