The Enugu State Commissioner for Housing, Dr. Martin Chukwunwike has been elected as the state chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Chukwunwike emerged unopposed as the party’s state chairman during the 2024 Enugu State PDP Congress held on Saturday at Okpara Square.
He was a Commissioner in the State Executive Council three times between 2003-2007, 2007-2011 and 2023-till his election.
The chairman of the state PDP Congress Committee, Dr. Tony Iyoha, who declared the results of the elected State Executive Committee, had earlier announced that the positions were contested unopposed.
Iyoha said, “By the power vested on me as the chairman of the electoral committee for Enugu State PDP Congress, I declare you as the duly elected PDP State Executive Committee.”
Earlier, Iyoha stated that he and his committee members were in Enugu to conduct the election for state PDP executive.
He commended Governor Peter Mbah-led administration for holding the party members united despite the outcome of the 2023 general elections.
“We want to thank the government of Enugu State for making the PDP family in Enugu to be one. Since the congress started, we have not had any problems. The process has been flawless and we thank the governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, for making the PDP family in Enugu State proud.”
In his acceptance speech, the new chairman, Chukwunwike thanked Mbah and all the delegates for reposing their confidence in him and other elected members of SEC.
He promised that he would sustain the popularity of PDP in Enugu State as a party of “first choice”.
He said, “On behalf of the new executive of PDP in Enugu State I congratulate all those elected with me. I also say a very big thank you to electoral committee that came all the way from Abuja. Your Excellence I want to assure you that this committee will definitely give you what will be described as unalloyed support, unalloyed loyalty. We know that loyalty cannot be 99.9%, is either 100% or you are not loyal. I will assure you that this committee will show you unalloyed 100% loyalty.
“I also want to assure His Excellency and the entire state that wherever the past executive stopped, we are going to build further. You know that no union is perfect but everywhere things have gone wrong I assure you that we will make sure all those things are ratified and make PDP a singular party in Enugu State. It is also obvious that in two weeks, time we are going to elect our local government Chairmen and councillors, I want to assure you that this team will do our best to make sure that we continue to do our 17 over 17.”