{"id":172737,"date":"2025-08-06T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:08:58","slug":"anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues","title":{"rendered":"Anambra AA Candidate Urges Mature Politics Among Colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>As political tension continues to rise in Anambra State, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Chief Jeff Nweke, has sounded the alarm over the growing trend of derogatory statements among politicians ahead of the November 8 polls.<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly worded statement, Nweke warned that such \u201clegendary misspeaks\u201d not only threaten unity but also diminish the integrity of those who indulge in them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics is a natural phenomenon. It\u2019s part of who we are,\u201d Nweke said, emphasizing that politics should be used as a tool for positive influence, not character assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Citing Governor Chukwuma Soludo\u2019s earlier remarks about politics being a platform for meaningful change, Nweke agreed, adding that change is \u201ca constant river\u201d that sweeps away outdated patterns and replaces them with fresh approaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld ways may not be entirely bad,\u201d he admitted, \u201cbut striving for better must never stop. Having multiple ideas and strategies shouldn\u2019t be seen as division\u2014it\u2019s innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nweke called on his fellow candidates to \u201cshun the temptation\u201d of using inflammatory language and instead embrace issue-based campaigns that focus on solving the people\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s stop these verbal attacks. Let\u2019s show maturity and sportsmanship. Anambra is ready for something better\u2014and we must rise to that expectation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the race heating up and political camps getting louder, Jeff Nweke\u2019s message is a timely reminder that the battle for votes should never become a war of words.<\/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. As political tension continues to rise in Anambra State, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Chief Jeff Nweke, has sounded the alarm over the growing trend of derogatory statements among politicians ahead of the November 8 polls. In a strongly worded statement, Nweke warned that such \u201clegendary misspeaks\u201d not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[4918,35,254],"class_list":["post-172737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-action-alliance","tag-anambra","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>Anambra AA Candidate Urges Mature Politics Among Colleagues - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As political tension continues to rise in Anambra State, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Chief J ...\" \/>\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\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anambra AA Candidate Urges Mature Politics Among Colleagues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As political tension continues to rise in Anambra State, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Chief J ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-06T13:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-06T14:08:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754476882.961794.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Anambra AA Candidate Urges Mature Politics Among Colleagues\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-06T13:05:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-06T14:08:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\"},\"wordCount\":260,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754476882.961794.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action Alliance\",\"Anambra\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-aa-candidate-urges-mature-politics-among-colleagues\",\"name\":\"Anambra AA Candidate Urges Mature Politics Among Colleagues - 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