{"id":58399,"date":"2017-07-04T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=58399"},"modified":"2017-07-04T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T06:30:19","slug":"anambra-needs-bold-leaders-chidoka-commissions-campaign-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-needs-bold-leaders-chidoka-commissions-campaign-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Needs Bold Leaders &#8211; Chidoka; Commissions Campaign Offices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation and frontline contender in the November 18,<br \/>\n2017 Anambra governorship election Chief Osita Chidoka, says the time has<br \/>\ncome for Anambra state to have a government that is not afraid but bold<br \/>\nand fearless enough to speak out for the people and defend them against<br \/>\nunwarranted aggressions.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Chidoka, who is contesting on the platform of the United Progressive<br \/>\nParty (UPP) stated this on Saturday, July 1, 2017 while commissioning his<br \/>\ncampaign office in Umueze Anam in Anambra West Local Government, which<br \/>\nsignaled the flag-off of tours and commissioning of his campaign offices<br \/>\nin the 21 local government areas of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand for peace and every one knows that Anambra people are hard<br \/>\nworking, hospitable and very peaceful. But we cannot continue to suffer<br \/>\nrepeated unjustified attacks and harassments because those in position are<br \/>\nafraid to stand up for the people who elected them into office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur people can no longer continue to agonize under leaders who are afraid<br \/>\nto speak out for them when it matters and who are afraid to identify with<br \/>\nthe fears and views of the people even in a democracy. The time has<br \/>\ntherefore come for Anambra state to have a government run by individuals<br \/>\nwho are not afraid but bold enough speak out for the people and defend<br \/>\nthem in the face of unwarranted aggressions\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Chidoka insisted the state must enact laws and set rules to protect<br \/>\nthe people from all forms of aggressions including invasions by herdsmen<br \/>\nadding that anybody found violating the rules will not be spared.<\/p>\n<p>Praying at the commissioning of the campaign office in Umueze Anam, Chief<br \/>\nChidoka expressed shock over the level of neglect and lack of government<br \/>\npresence in Anambra West Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>Also\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1453634051\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span>, Chief Chidoka equally commissioned his campaign office<br \/>\nin Anambra East Local Government where the spokesperson of the campaign<br \/>\nteam in the area, Elder Paul Oforka said the people of Anambra East<br \/>\nbelieve that he has the capacity, honesty and presence of mind to right<br \/>\nthe wrongs inflicted on the area in the last four years.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Aviation and frontline contender in the November 18, 2017 Anambra governorship election Chief Osita Chidoka, says the time has come for Anambra state to have a government&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anambra Needs Bold Leaders - Chidoka; 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