Ekweremandu Declares To Run For Governor

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has declared to vie for  governorship position in Enugu State in 2023.
He made the declaration at a press conference in Enugu, tagged “Media Consultation,” on Friday.
Ekweremadu is nearing the end of his fifth term in the Senate where he has been representing Enugu West since 2003.
He stated that his aspiration was to be the governor of the whole Enugu State and not just a zonal governor.
Ekweremadu said that he was not a believer of zoning arrangement, adding that he would introduce an all-inclusive governance that would benefit, not only a zone, but every part of the state.
Enugu State is divided into three senatorial zones which are Enugu North, Enugu East, and Enugu West.
However, there is an unwritten political arrangement in the state which the political stakeholders have used over the years to determine the zone that produces a governor.
The current governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, comes from Enugu North and it is believed that it is the turn of the Enugu East to produce the next governor.
Meanwhile, Ekweremadu has dismissed the zoning arrangement while maintaining that he would not have been in the Senate for five terms if such an arrangement was in practice.
He said, “If anybody said there was an agreement on zoning, let that person say it. I was never a product of zoning. If there had been zoning, I’d not have been in the Senate for five times.”
Ekweremadu said if elected, he would set up an independent security outfit that would complement the existing security structures in place to effectively tackle challenges in the state.
He also set a six-month target to solve the perennial water scarcity in the state, especially in Enugu metropolis.