By Victor Nwegede.
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Ebonyi youths have adopted Governor Francis Nwifuru as their sole gubernatorial candidate to complete his second tenure in office and declared that the state has no vacancy in its government house.
The youths under the umbrella of Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, FON Movement through their National President, Comrade Chinedu Emerike Orji, endorsed the governor on Thursday during the 2024 FON Youths Summit at Abakaliki, the state capital.
Orji said it is obvious that various political parties would hold their congresses in 2025 to elect their preferred candidates for the 2027 general elections; however, he maintained that Ebonyi State Government House has no vacancy till Governor Nwifuru completes his 8 years in office.
"We are all aware that 2025 is the year of congresses, and we Ebonyi youths are gathered here, and have said there's no vacancy in the Ebonyi State Government House in 2027.
"If anybody is seeking vacancy in our government house, we are saying no, because the only rightful candidate for the 2027 governorship election of Ebonyi State is Onwa, the builder of human beings.
"Today being 19th December 2024, we, the good youths of Ebonyi State, are gathered here to say 4 plus 4 is 8, and that's the two tenures for His Excellency Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru.
"We are in charge, and there's no vacancy in the government house because Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru must complete his two terms in office.
"We, the youths of Ebonyi State, have adopted our governor for two terms, the governor is the builder of youths, King of the youths, and the most youth-friendly leader in Nigeria today."
The President recalled that in Ebonyi State, "over 90 percent of the local government chairmen and coordinators of Development Centres are youths, 80 percent of Executive Council members are youths, and 5 and 0 percent of members of boards and commissions are youths."
Orji also recalled the events of the 2023 elections when he said it was almost impossible to mention the acronym FON, but in his words, "God later crowned the effort of the ever-determined Ebonyi youths who stood on their ground and overwhelmingly took the message of FON to the nooks and crannies of the state."
He noted that the FON Movement, founded in 2021 during the build-up to the 2023 elections, where the journey to a new Ebonyi State began, has, through Governor Nwifuru, made thousands of Ebonyi young people millionaires via his administration agenda anchored on the People's Charter of Needs.
