Councillors in the 260 electoral wards in Enugu State have assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi they will work round the clock and mobilise massively in their respective wards to deliver the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidates in the 2023 general election.

The councillors, who gave the assurance when they paid a ‘thank-you’ visit to Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday, unanimously declared their support for the governor, the PDP governorship candidate, Peter Mbah, and all other candidates of the party in the state.

They stressed their solidarity to Ugwuanyi and expressed gratitude to him for the uncommon leadership role he played towards their emergence as councillors in their respective wards on the platform of the PDP.

The elated councillors added that if not for the magnanimity and selfless leadership style of the governor, none of them would have emerged as a councillor in the state.

They also appreciated Ugwuanyi for always believing in the youths, disclosing that 99.9 per cent of the present councillors in the state are youths. 

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Speaking on their behalf, Coordinator of 260 Ward Councillors in Enugu State and leader of Udenu Legislative Council, Nnamdi Odo, said past councillors during previous administrations did not enjoy the privilege they enjoyed during the selection process, leading to their emergence, stressing that they emerged without godfathers.

“Your excellency, we came to tell you thank you. We owe you a thank you and part of our coming is to also tell you we are going to deliver our wards to the PDP in 2023. There is no ward in the 260 wards that will be lost to the opposition,” he said.

Stressing their eagerness to work as grassroots mobilisers, Odo said: “If you look carefully, you will see that we have the strength to work and we are eager to work. It is not that of social media. We are on the ground at the grassroots.

“The debt we owe you, our father and leader, and our great party, the PDP, is in February 2023, we will deliver all the candidates of our party starting from you, our governorship candidate, Mbah, and other candidates for the senatorial seats, House of Representatives and House of Assembly.

“It is our task and we are going back to our wards to ensure we deliver all these candidates in 2023 elections.”