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Stop using my image for campaigns, Ngige tells Anambra APC guber candidate
Chris Ngige, former minister of labour and productivity, has
warned Nicholas Ukachukwu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship
candidate in the state, against using his photograph in campaign materials.
In a statement signed by Hyggy Obialo, his special assistant
on media affairs, Ngige railed against “the unauthorised” use of his image
alongside Ukachukwu’s and that of his running mate Uche Ekwunife, in online
campaign posters.
Obialo said Ngige is currently on a sabbatical from partisan
politics after 25 years of public service and political engagement.
“Neither the consent nor approval of our principal was
sought and/or obtained before the said publication was disseminated to the
general public,” the statement reads.
“Our attention has been drawn to the online poster in
circulation with the photograph of our principal, His Excellency, Senator Chris
Nwabueze Ngige, ‘Onwa-na-etiliora’, featuring together with the Anambra State
APC governorship candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and his deputy, Senator
Uche Ekwunife.”
The statement added that the posters amount to misleading
the public.
“We want to use this medium to inform the general public
that neither the consent nor approval of our principal was sought and/or
obtained, respectively, before the said publication was disseminated to the
general public,” it added.
“We further wish to inform the general public, that Senator
Chris Nwabueze Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State (2003-2006), former
senator who represented Anambra state central senatorial district in the
seventh senate of the federal republic of Nigeria (2011 – 2015), and a two term
honourable minister of labour and employment(2015 -2023), is on sabbatical from
active partisan politics for now as he is taking his well-deserved rest after
25 years of active partisan politics and public service.”
The Anambra governorship election has been slated for
November 8, 2025.
Chris Ngige, former minister of labour and productivity, has
warned Nicholas Ukachukwu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship
candidate in the state, against using his photograph in campaign materials.
In a statement signed by Hyggy Obialo, his special assistant
on media affairs, Ngige railed against “the unauthorised” use of his image
alongside Ukachukwu’s and that of his running mate Uche Ekwunife, in online
campaign posters.
Obialo said Ngige is currently on a sabbatical from partisan
politics after 25 years of public service and political engagement.
“Neither the consent nor approval of our principal was
sought and/or obtained before the said publication was disseminated to the
general public,” the statement reads.
“Our attention has been drawn to the online poster in
circulation with the photograph of our principal, His Excellency, Senator Chris
Nwabueze Ngige, ‘Onwa-na-etiliora’, featuring together with the Anambra State
APC governorship candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and his deputy, Senator
Uche Ekwunife.”
The statement added that the posters amount to misleading
the public.
“We want to use this medium to inform the general public
that neither the consent nor approval of our principal was sought and/or
obtained, respectively, before the said publication was disseminated to the
general public,” it added.
“We further wish to inform the general public, that Senator
Chris Nwabueze Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State (2003-2006), former
senator who represented Anambra state central senatorial district in the
seventh senate of the federal republic of Nigeria (2011 – 2015), and a two term
honourable minister of labour and employment(2015 -2023), is on sabbatical from
active partisan politics for now as he is taking his well-deserved rest after
25 years of active partisan politics and public service.”
The Anambra governorship election has been slated for
November 8, 2025.