The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled newly elected party executives in the 17 Local Government Areas of the state.
Also inaugurated were party executives in the 260 wards across the state.
The exercise which is coming four months after their elections, will end at the Nkanu East LG headquarters in Amagunze, on Friday.
The party’s state chairman, Dr Martin Chukwunweike, who oversaw the exercise, urged the newly elected executives to get to work for the party’s success ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Inaugurating the executives at the Aninri LG, Chukwunweike regretted that the party made a grave mistake in the 2023 elections, which saw it lose seats to the Labour Party in the legislative houses at the state and federal levels.
The chairman, however, said that the jobs of the party executives had been made easier by the performance of Governor Peter Mbah in various aspects of the state economy.
Chukwunweike said, “We’ve visited all the LGAs. We’re here to perform a simple but very important task. The leader of the party, Governor Peter Mbah, has asked us to inaugurate all the elected executives. We ought to have inaugurated you since after you were elected in August but no time is too late.
“In every election, not everyone must win. But we ask you to give them support so that the mistake in 2023 won’t repeat itself. We’re glad that many people who left the party have returned. I want to admonish you to treat all who have returned fairly. Their return will make us more formidable. With them this time around, we will trounce any opposition that will come our way in future elections.”
The PDP chairman appealed to the party members to support the new executives to fulfil their mandate of mobilising party members to win future elections.
The party’s state secretary, Chukwudi Nnadozie expressed happiness that most of the party members, who left in 2023, had returned back.
“I was very happy when our house members from the Labour Party defected back to PDP.
“Before that 2023 election, there was nothing like the Labour Party in Enugu State. I’m sure that’s why they decided to take that decision to return to the fold. We’re happy that they’re back. In due time, we’ll reward them,” he said.
