Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has announced his intention to contest in the 2025 Anambra governorship election, pledging to serve for only one term in office. He made this declaration while speaking with reporters in Nnewi, his community, according to a report by TheCable.
“If elected governor, I will only serve for one term of four years,” he stated, emphasizing his commitment to Anambra’s zoning arrangement.
Senator Ubah, who represents Anambra South District at the Senate, also promised to conduct local government elections in the state within four months if elected governor.
“I rate governance in Anambra for the past 18 years at 20 per cent. I will bring 80 per cent content that has never been discussed in governance,” he added.
Mr Ubah is the first to publicly declare interest in the next governorship election in the state. The current governor of Anambra, Charles Soludo, will finish his first term by 17 March 2026.
Indications suggest that Mr Soludo, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), will seek reelection in the next poll.
Mr Ubah, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, explained his reason for seeking to contest in the next governorship poll in the state.
“I have a burning desire to contest the next governorship election in Anambra because this government and those before it have not been able to put the state on the development trajectory that our people desire,” he said.
“We need to create support for our commerce, develop our health sector to make it a hub for health tourists, and accelerate community development through local government elections,” he added.
The senator criticized the trend of electing people “with over-bloated personalities and structure,” stating that it has not benefited the state.
“It is time we vote for people with passion, people with a track record. That is what I represent. I am prepared to change the narrative, and that is why my manifesto has remained the same from 2013 till date,” Mr Ubah emphasized.
This is not the first time Mr Ubah has contested for the governorship election. He has been seeking to be the governor of the state since 2013, which has seen him defecting to different political parties to achieve his ambition.
Mr Ubah was the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party in the 2021 governorship election in the state, which was won by the incumbent governor, Mr Soludo of the APGA.
Hailing from Otolo, Nnewi, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state, Mr Ubah’s declaration comes days after he criticized Governor Soludo for suspending a traditional ruler who conferred a chieftaincy title on him.
Mr Ubah had described Mr Soludo’s suspension of the monarch as “a game of politics,” stressing that the governor’s action was connected to his likely interest in the 2025 governorship race in the state.
“The governor is frustrated by my acceptance and popularity; he is jittery about the next governorship election, but I leave him to his conscience,” the senator had said. The governor has reinstated the monarch.
