The call on the former Governor of Central Bank, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to contest the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State got louder on Thursday when the frontline pressure group, Soludo Support Group (SSG), inaugurated the women chapter.

Speaking at the induction ceremony, the Coordinator of the group in Lagos State, Chief Tony Okeke, described women as the greatest political evangelists.

Okeke who is also the President of Mandilas International Trade Centre, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, said that their mission to convince Prof. Soludo to throw his hat into the ring would not be realistic if the women are not carried along.

According to him, “It is the women who would join hands as mothers to appeal to Soludo to listen to the clarion call of the people of Anambra State to come and lead them at this point in history.”

He said that Soludo Support Group has coordinators in all the wards in Lagos State for the mobilisation of Anambra people who are in large number in the state.

On the importance of Lagos State to Anambra elections, Okeke said that Anambrarians living in Lagos have a lot of influence on the people living in Anambra State.

According to him, Lagos has the largest number of Anambra people outside Igbo land and they are the bread winners of those in Igbo land.

He said that though they still have coordinators in Anambra and the other parts of the federation, Lagos state is very strategic to their vision.

Chief Okeke said that since the bulk of Anambra people are traders, Soludo Support Group has market coordinators in all the major markets in Lagos State, adding that every day, a lot of people who believe in Prof. Soludo are joining them.

Contributing, Basil Osukwu who is the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the group and also the leader of Ndigbo Amaka, the umbrella body of 58 market associations in Lagos State, said that Prof. Soludo is the man whom the cap fits to lead Anambra at this point in time.

According to him, Soludo’s exploits at the Central bank gave him a big edge over the other governorship aspirants.

Osukwu said that it is because of this that they are appealing to him to contest the election and take the state to where it should be.

Also contributing, the newly inducted woman leader, Mrs Ifeoma Azike, commended the men in the Soludo Support Group for their gender sensitiveness.

She said that the women would leave no stone unturned, not only in convincing Prof. Soludo to contest the election, but also to win.

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