Imo Assembly Seat: Lugard Osuji Declares For Second Term

Majority leader of the Imo State House of Assembly,Hon. Lugard Osuji has declared his intention to seek for a second term as member representing Owerri municipal state constituency.

Osuji who announced his intention to seek re election at his Owerri palatial home to APC chieftains in Owerri municipal  comprising ward, Local Government and party leaders in the municipality said he is in the race for a second time to consolidate on the achievements he recorded as a first term lawmaker.

He said the municipality stands to benefit more  from his second coming having initiated more than thirty seven bills and several motions compared to seven bills collectively initiated by four past lawmakers who had represented the municipality.

Osuji outlined some of his numerous achievements which include women empowerment programmes, compensation to flood victims in the municipality, loans to the less privileged and more importantly the creation of autonomous communities and seven administrative areas in the municipality.

He said the creation of administrative areas aided in ending the dichotomy between indigenes and non indigenes in the municipality, stating that it also ended mutual suspicions among them.

He said ” I carried out landmark achievements in my first tenure in the House. There are many of them. Most prominent include motion Against Hate Speech at Conference of Houses of Assemblies. I also moved a motion against grazing in the South East. All this I did within my first tenure. I was the only lawmaker who came down as Majority Leader of the House and also re- appointed in the same position. I have the endorsement but I m relying on your support to succeed.

“Owerri municipal needs to consolidate on these gains. Most of the time we use the first four years to learn the ropes involved legislative skills. No matter the height you have attained in the society, the legislature is a different ball game. You must learn the rudiments of law making within the first four years. We must say no to single tenure. We must consolidate on gains recorded so far and forge ahead.

“We have achieved a lot and we must sustain it for the good of our people. My co contestants may be qualified but i have the edge over them. I have done so much for the party in Owerri municipal.  I seek for your support for a second term to enable Owerri municipal consolidate on the gains of my first tenure at the House of Assembly”

Osuji who is a leader in Owerri Municipal APC harped on the need for the party to win all elective positions in the forthcoming elections recalling that at his own time did a sitting Governor win re- election in Owerri municipal.

” We must stand for APC. All candidates in the APC must  be supported in the elections.We must deliver ourselves, we must deliver Uche Nwosu for Governorship and other candidates in our party and i can assure you that with your support, APC will triumph over candidates from other political parties in 2019″ he declared.

His declaration was witnessed by top APC Chieftains in the municipality which include APC Owerri Municipal Chairmanship candidate, Hon Nze Joe Agor, former Owerri municipal Transition Committee Chairman, Hon Gladys Amuneke and other party leaders.