Protocol,

Ndi Enugu,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday April 12,2015,announced my humble self as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Enugu State. The result showed that an overwhelming majority of the voters elected me as the next Governor of Enugu State. From all the 17 Local Government Areas, the people spoke eloquently with their votes and entrusted in me the responsibility of rendering selfless service to our dear State.

I am deeply humbled by that mandate reposed in me and I hereby accept it with all sense of humility and gratitude.
Therefore, this is the day the Lord has made. We all rejoice and are glad in it. It is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. I am grateful to Him who makes kings, raises the common man from the dust, lifts the needy from the ash heap and makes them to sit with the nobles of the land.

This victory indeed belongs to God! 

 

Ndi Enugu, on behalf of my running mate and your Deputy Governor-Elect, Hon (Mrs.) Cecilia Ezeilo, I want to tender my heartfelt gratitude to you. I salute the commitment and sacrifice of the ordinary Enugu men and women both at home and in the Diaspora towards the actualization of this victory.

In particular, permit me to pay a special tribute to the people’s Governor, the political enigma of our time and God’s gift to Enugu State, His Excellency, Sullivan Iheanacho Chime, the Leader of our Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, for his
great and heroic roles in making this feat possible. I also wish to appreciate in a very special way the support of members of the National Assembly from Enugu State under the
able leadership of the Deputy President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Ike Ekweremadu CFR, Ikeoha Ndigbo.

I am equally grateful to our respected Elder Statesmen, the former Senate President, His Excellency, Senator Ken Nnamani, GCON; former Governors, His Excellency, Senator Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, His Excellency, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, His Excellency,
Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, His Excellency, Admiral Allison Madueke (Rt.) and His Excellency, Anthony Oguguo, among others for their support and encouragement.
I salute our party men and women especially its leadership at the National, State and Local
Government levels. I also recognize the untiring efforts of the Support Groups.

I am happy that you have resoundingly chosen me as your next Governor. But for me, it is even more important and heart-warming that my election has been widely acknowledged as transparent and credible, devoid of any moral burden or legitimacy crisis. In this regard, the INEC should be commended for conducting a free and fair poll. I also wish to appreciate our security agencies and other related bodies for ensuring peace and security.
Most importantly, I must appreciate the electorate who defied rain and sunshine to ensure that their votes counted. They are the true heroes of our democracy and will be surely rewarded with good governance.

Ndi Enugu, this not just victory for Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, or Hon. (Mrs) Cecilia Ezeilo or the PDP. It is indeed your victory.
Democracy only qualifies to be seen as the government of the people by the people and for the people when the electorate holds the sole franchise to making and dethroning their leaders. So, in electing me, you have confirmed the acceptance of the proposals we offered during the campaign season.

Therefore, I, once again re-commit to all our campaign promises in the 17 Local Government Areas of the State. I renew the message of peace, hope and development of our dear State, and to the principles of seamless continuity and consolidation. Government is a continuum. And when a people are lucky to have been blessed with a foresighted leader who has laid a solid foundation for the socio-economic development of our State within the last eight years, it is only rational to continue and consolidate that vision.
I reaffirm my commitment to seeing through the legacy of the PRESENT 4-Point Agenda, namely: Physical Infrastructure, Economic Expansion and Employment, Rural Development, and Service Delivery and to usher in the NEW 4-Point Agenda namely;
Employment Generation, Social Services and Good Governance, Rural Development, Security and Justice, both running concurrently.

I appreciate those who contested against me both in the party primaries and general election. I also recognize the support of all the 22 political parties that endorsed me as the governorship candidate for the just concluded election. I commend their congratulatory messages and wholeheartedly invite them to come and join me in moving the State forward because there is work to be done.

Consequently, let the word go forth from here to the heights of the undulating hills of Udi; take the word to the elevations of Nsukka; let the tidings go forth to the farmlands of Nkanu land and indeed to every nook and cranny of the Coal City State that SEAMLESS
CONTINUITY AND CONSOLIDATION have come.

Finally, THANK YOU for your abiding faith in my humble self and in the PDP. God bless you. God bless Enugu State. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
RT. HON. IFEANYI UGWUANYI

Governor-Elect, Enugu State.