Enugu State caucus of the National Assembly has called on the governor of the state, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, to contest for the presidential election in 2007.
The caucus, at a media briefing on Thursday, stated that the call on the governor became necessary since he had been adjudged to have the mindset to uphold the reforms by the present civilian government on becoming the president of Nigeria.
According to the legislators, the confidence they reposed in the governor had made them to pay a courtesy visit to him earlier in Enugu to appeal to him directly to contest the presidency.
They described Nnamani as a hardworking governor and a patriot who, they stressed, approached the governance of Enugu with firmness and focus similar to President Obasanjo’s approach in governing Nigeria.
The caucus, led by Senator Ike Ekwueremadu, said Nnamani’s reform programmes in Enugu had turned the state round as evident by the structures which they said he had laid in the state.
“We are federal legislators and active players within the polity of Nigeria who had studied the recurrent issues of growth and development of our country and came to the inevitable conclusion that what Nigeria needs in the months following May, 2007 is a man capable of courageous service.
“Nigeria needs a person with an acknowledged capacity to undertake painful but often necessary multi-sector reforms. It is against this background that we call on Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani to contest for the office of president in the forthcoming 2007 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Our experience in Enugu state since 1999 under Governor Nnamani is similar to the experience which Nigeria has had throughout the Obasanjo’s years in many ways and we believe that given the opportunity to Nnamani, he will expand and replicate same across Nigeria.”
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