The Labour Party in Anambra State has expressed implicit confidence in the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee set up to reposition the party.

The Anambra chapter, led by Peter Okoye, in a 4-point resolution from its state executive committee meeting in Awka on Wednesday, “commends and appreciates the efforts of our amiable and indefatigable leaders His Excellency Mr. Peter Obi and the highest elected office holder of our party, H/E Dr. Alex Otti, the Executive Governor of Abia State, for their untiring efforts to reposition our party for greater achievement in the political landscape of Nigeria.”

They stated that the efforts of Obi and Otti, and those of other critical stakeholders, including members of the national and state assemblies elected on the platform of the party, which resulted in the extended stakeholders meeting of the party on September 4, 2024, at the Government House, Umuahia, to salvage the party from its impending disintegration, was a step in the right direction.

The communiqué, which was read by its secretary, Comrade Jerry Nnubia, “heartily and joyfully congratulates the newly constituted 29-member National Caretaker Committee of the party under the chairmanship of Senator Esther Nenadi Usman.”

The chapter, while commending the choice of membership of the Caretaker team, expressed its confidence in their ability to do a good job in repositioning the party to win more elections in the future, especially at the presidential level, for the greater good of all Nigerians who are presently suffering under the APC-controlled Federal Government.

The party also vowed its full participation in the September 28, 2024, council poll in the state.

LP noted that there was an initial mix-up with the names of its candidates as published by the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, but that it has been corrected accordingly when the party took it up with them.

They urged the public, including ANSIEC, to jettison and ignore any contrary statements on the election.

Okoye, in an interview with journalists shortly after the meeting, pointed out that the party was anxiously looking forward to the fast-approaching 2025 governorship election in the state and would use the council poll as a test case of its popularity.

“We intend to take over the Anambra State Government House next year, and nothing will stop us,” he added.