By Eric Ugbor

ABA—SENATOR Nkechi Nwaorgu and only woman governorship aspirant in Abia State has appealed to the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, to provide a level playing ground for all contestants in the forthcoming primaries of the party and judge her based on her performance and not gender.

Nwaorgu, who represents Abia Central senatorial district in the Senate, made the appeal during an enlarged meeting she held with stakeholders and leaders of her party from the Abia Central senatorial zone, in Umuahia last weekend.
She said:   “Governance is not an issue of gender but tested performance and ability to deliver democratic dividends to the people.

“Performance should be the issue and not gender. The PDP  should provide a level playing ground for all aspirants. I should not be intimidated nor hounded because of gender.
“My party should let Abia make history by being the first state to elect a woman as a governor in this country.
“I should be allowed to present myself at the battle arena so that Abians and members of our party would judge me based on what I have done in the past twelve years that I have been in the National Assembly.”