Chris Ngige
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.
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“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.
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“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.
