Umahi’s son wins APC primaries ahead of Ebonyi LG poll

Umahi’s son wins APC primaries ahead of Ebonyi LG poll

Osborne Umahi, the first son of Minister of Works David Umahi, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primaries for Ohaozara Local Government Area conducted by the party on Monday.
Umahi polled a total of 55 votes to emerge victorious at the primaries, which were conducted in Obiozara in the local government.

The congress committee, led by Alphonsus Nwali, disqualified one of the chairmanship aspirants, Jenny Umahi, for not registering online in the ongoing membership registration exercise of the party.

Following the disqualification, Osborne Umahi emerged unopposed with 55 votes.

The primaries were monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Umahi, in his acceptance speech, said he will focus on health, agriculture, youth development and infrastructure.

“We will develop cottage agricultural centers, we will implement mechanized farming to ensure that agricultural sector of the local government is properly developed.

“We will build roads to market places, to farmlands for easy evacuation of our agricultural products.

“We will implement concrete road construction to build roads that will last more than 50 years,” he said.

He appreciated Governor Francis Nwifuru for nominating him to contest the chairmanship election, and his father and his siblings for their prayers and support in the race.

Some stakeholders in the local government, including Mrs Chioma Nweze, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Community Development (South East), and the state Commissioner for Housing, Francis Ori, hailed the victory of Umahi.