Anambra: Sell your manifestoes to public, not party secretariat — PDP women stakeholders tell contestants

Ahead of Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women stakeholders in the state have advised interested party members in the election to sell their manifestoes to the public  in the state and not to the national secretariat of the party.

Amb. Juliet Anaeme, a contestant for the Zonal Women Leader of the South-East PDP, gave the advice in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by her Media Consultant Soji Bamidele.

She recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had scheduled Anambra governorship election for Nov. 6 and the period should not be seen as long for adequate preparations to achieve success.

“I call on the aspirants in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election to showcase their manifestos, programmes and grassroots capacity not to the party’s national headquarters but to Anambra people on how they intend to govern the state when elected.

“This is because it is the people of Anambra that will vote and not Abuja connections that will vote any aspirant as the governor of the state.

“I call on the party also not to work against the will of the people of Anambra so as not allow the ticket to be driven by the highest bidder aspirant against the will of people,’’ she said.

According to her, if PDP candidate cannot win Anambra, automatically the ticket becomes useless.

“So the big question remains that after you must have got the party’s ticket, what next are you going to do with it.

“There is always a winner and not winners when it comes to governorship election, nothing such as second position and the only way of becoming the winner is by venturing into grassroots mobilisation and getting closer to the voters,’’ she advised.

She also noted that PDP relied on the masses’ votes, advising the aspirants to identify with the grassroots, especially the students and groups to feel the pulse of the people.

According to her, party members ought not to wait until they have the party’s ticket to begin mobilisation in the grassroots to have a resounding success and victory in the election.

She further urged the executives of PDP in the state to, as a matter of urgency, put in place an internal mechanism that could bring all hands on deck to ensure the party’s victory in the Nov. 6 governorship election in the state.