More lawmakers will leave to join APGA -Ezeonwuka

Rommy Ezeonwuka, a Board of Trustees (BoT) member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said more senators and Houses of Representatives members will leave their parties to join the party, The Sun reports.

Legit.ng earlier reported last week, that Senator Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North in the Senate, announced her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APGA.

The defection of the senator representing Anambra North senatorial district brought the number of APGA senators in the upper legislative chamber to two, as she joins Senator Victor Umeh, who was elected under APGA.

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The Igbo spiritual leader described Odua’s decision to leave PDP as a wise one, saying she had identified herself with Igbo agenda, which APGA is programmed to champion and actualise.

Ezeonwuka urged others to join APGA to enhance the chances of actualising the party’s Igbo agenda and lauded Umeh for performing wonderfully well in a short time.

In a previous report by Legit.ng, the senator representing Anambra North senatorial district, Stella Oduah, said that the Igbo agenda, youth and women empowerment are the centerpiece of her style of politics.

Delivering a speech as she announced her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Oduah said the occasion marks a new beginning in her political career.

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Stating that her job is not complete until all women are empowered and more represented in government, the senator said she hopes to provide mothers, sisters and daughters the wherewithal to support themselves.

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Source: Legit.ng