Politics
EDOZIE Njoku, the newly elected National Chairman, National Rescue Movement (NRM), on Tuesday, promised to lead the party to victory come 2027 general elections.
Njoku, who was the former National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), made the pledge during his inauguration as the NRM’s national chair in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration of Njoku and the party’s enlarged Executive Committee (EXCO) members, elected on Friday at an emergency national convention, was done at the national secretariat.
“Today, a bigger platform has been delivered to us. Today is not a day of speech making, but a day of celebration,” he said.
He assured party members of his resolve, with the support of his team, to deliver on his promise.
Njoku pledged to improve on the party’s membership and reposition it to broaden its scope and make it attractive to be able to win elections across the country.
He commended the immediate-past National Chairman of NRM, Amb. Isaac Udeh, for his sacrifice of electing to yield the party’s chairmanship to him.
Njoku said that the gesture was a challenge to him and his team to positively impact the fortune of the party.
Speaking before he formally stepped down, Udeh said the NRM leadership and members would, in the next few months, realise the reason for his decision.
He added: “We should all know that the interest of the party supercedes any individual’s interest.
“That is why I chose to pay that price and made that sacrifice to ensure that this party is repositioned to attain the height that is required of it to win elections in this country.”
He said the desire to broaden the impact of the party informed why he chose to accept the lower position of the national organising secretary of the party to ensure the actualisation of the dreams of the party’s stakeholders.
Udeh told the party members that he elected to step down and yield the leadership seat to Njoku as a sacrifice for the growth of the party.
During the event, Udeh formally stepped down, handed the party’s flag and other paraphernalia of office to Njoku, while the party’s National Legal Adviser, Oladimeji Ekengba, administered the oath of office on him (Edozie).(NAN)
A.I
Jan. 21, 2025
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