The campaign train of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) candidate for the Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha Federal Constituency, in this month’s general elections, Mr Dozie Nwankwo, a proponent of politics without bitterness, has continued its tour of the  villages and hamlets in the three-council federal constituency, spreading the message of massive development, hope and liberation.

Nwankwo, a businessman and philanthropist, has become a literal moving political volcano that has just erupted in Anambra State. He is known to be touching lives. That is why his eventual acceptance to join the political race raised the bar in the contest for the seat in the constituency, across all parties.

His victory at the party primary was as dramatic as his joining politics and choice of political party. Some rabble rousers had stoked some smear campaign geared at fleecing him when they accused him of working against other political parties and government. But the more they try, the more popular Nwankwo becomes. It even got the youths and women of the state so incensed they sent a strongly-worded letter to the principal actors in the smear campaign, warning them to stop or face their wrath.

But Nwankwo sued for peace, stressing they were all brothers and sisters. He reasoned that since it was in the service of the people and for their good, it would be necessary to have an open, transparent and acceptable process. Three attempts were made before the traducers gave. At the primary, Nwankwo, popularly called ‘Onye Ndozi’, the peaceful creator, assured the constituents that he is going to the National Assembly to attract more democracy dividends and poverty alleviation programmes, which would improve the quality of life in the area.

And as he was coming out at the prompting and collective will of the people, he said he was ready to allow all aspirants have a clear process such that as they arrived the venue as brothers and sisters, there was need for them to leave at the end of the day as same. So, it was, that, at the end when he emerged with an overwhelming majority of votes, he was carried shoulder high by all even as other defeated aspirants turned round to celebrate him.

Nwankwo is a household name especially his federal constituency where he has, over the last two decades, given out about 3,000 scholarships, provided free medical treatment for more than 60,000 constituents annually, skill acquisition, soft/revolving loans for businesses, Keke to more than 500 youth, women/youth empowerment, widowhood support and more than 600,000 free exercise books to pupils annually. Others include foreign surgeries for serious ailments for constituents, commuter buses to youth, micro credit, barbing/hairdressing salon equipment, and many others”. Nwankwo’s campaign train has berthed at Nawgu, Ukwulu, Adazi-Nnukwu, Nimo, Abagana and Enugwu-Agidi.

He has also been to Neni, Akweze, Adazi-Enu, Adazi-Ani, Abagana, Nawfia, Nri, Agulu, Agulu-Uzoigbo,   Obeledu and Enugwu-Ukwu amongst other communities, spreading his message of goodwill and hope for a better and greater tomorrow. As the crowd surged forward to touch and embrace him, he assured the that he’s bringing the foreign medical team into the country for this year’s annual free medical mission immediately after the general elections. Mr Chijioke Okafor, from Ukwulu, confirmed that the yearly programme now occupies prominent position in the calendar of all the natives who he described as visibly appreciative, in the three councils of Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia in its more than 20 years existence.