Anambra 2025: Let's keep to the rules, AA candidate, Jeff Nweke, advises fellow contestants

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By Madu Obi

The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the November 8 Anambra State election, Ozo Jeff Nweke, has called on fellow contestants to adhere strictly to the rules of engagement and eschew the politics of calumny and character assassination.

Addressing reporters in Awka, Nweke emphasized that the electioneering period should be devoted to presenting concrete plans and programmes to the electorate, rather than blackmailing opponents to gain political advantage.

He said: "The essence of political campaign should not be to malign, insult, or engage in needless altercations with opponents. Rather, it should be a season to articulate and present our developmental blueprints to the people of Anambra State.

Candidates should focus on how they intend to improve critical areas such as security, education, taxation, economic development, and the welfare of citizens.

We should be talking about plan to tackle the rising cases of kidnapping and killings and strategies for addressing the multiple taxation that is crippling small businesses and discouraging entrepreneurship in the state.

We should also concern ourselves with how we intend to reform the education sector, boost public welfare, attract investors, and create jobs for our teeming youth population.

These are the real issues that should dominate our political discourse, not name-calling or mudslinging.”

According to him, anything short of issue-based engagement would amount to politics of bitterness, a practice, he said, the people of Anambra neither need, nor deserve at this critical time.

Citing the recent online attacks over a video of Governor Chukwuma Soludo dancing with his son to a song the son composed, Nweke condemned the criticism, describing it as "despicable and unwarranted."

“Governor Soludo is a family man. He has every right to share a moment of joy with his child. To ridicule him or the first family over such a harmless act is not only shameful, but smacks of moral bankruptcy,” he said.

He urged political actors and their supporters to resist the temptation of using social media or other platforms to denigrate others in pursuit of cheap political gain.

He explained that his campaign is focused on rescuing Anambra from the cycle of misrule and setting the state on a new trajectory of progress and inclusive development.

“We are rolling out a robust blueprint, and as we engage with the people, we shall continue to unveil more", Nweke said.