{"id":166494,"date":"2025-06-11T22:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:46:06","slug":"no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts","title":{"rendered":"No Contest in Anambra APGA Chair Ezeokenwa Boasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, has boasted that there is no contest in the November 2025 governorship election in Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeokenwa made this declaration on Channels Television\u2019s \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019 on Wednesday, adding that Anambra residents were happy with the performance of the current APGA-led administration, making the party\u2019s candidate, Chukwuma Soludo, the popular choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnambra people can say, \u2018We\u2019ve never had it this good in just three years by any elected officials in the past.\u2019 That is the consensus opinion on the streets of Anambra. And in that context, I can tell you, well, there is no contest really,\u201d Ezeokenwa said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Anambra residents are satisfied with the pace of progress in the state, particularly in the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the streets of Anambra, the general opinion is clear, and that is that the state is still very much with APGA. They have not seen any reason to change the trajectory of development that they have witnessed from 2006 to date,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes following the release of the final list of candidates for the November election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n<p>APGA\u2019s National Chairman, while acknowledging that elections naturally involve multiple candidates, expressed the belief that the reality on the ground points to APGA enjoying overwhelming support.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the party\u2019s legacy since it took power in 2006 has remained unbroken and has deepened with the current administration\u2019s delivery on development promises.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeokenwa explained further that the party\u2019s ideology of leaving no one behind resonates deeply with voters across Anambra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, has boasted that there is no contest in the November 2025 governorship election in Anambra State. Ezeokenwa made this declaration on Channels Television\u2019s \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019 on Wednesday, adding that Anambra residents were happy with the performance of the current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,131,11185,17758,254],"class_list":["post-166494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-apga","tag-ezeokenwa","tag-guber-pol","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Contest in Anambra APGA Chair Ezeokenwa Boasts - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, has boasted that there is no contest ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Contest in Anambra APGA Chair Ezeokenwa Boasts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, has boasted that there is no contest ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-11T21:29:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-11T22:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749669337.552565.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No Contest in Anambra APGA Chair Ezeokenwa Boasts\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-11T21:29:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-11T22:46:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749669337.552565.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"APGA\",\"Ezeokenwa\",\"Guber Pol\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-contest-in-anambra-apga-chair-ezeokenwa-boasts\",\"name\":\"No Contest in Anambra APGA Chair Ezeokenwa Boasts - 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