Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has said that the interest of the Southeast is better protected under the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration.

He urged party leaders in the region to embark on membership drive by explaining to the people the gains of the Tinubu administration.

Uzodimma spoke at the meeting of  Southeast APC leaders in Enugu, headquarter of the region, where they vowed to make the party more dominant ahead of the 2027 general election.

 
According to them, involvement in the mainstream politics would attract more dividends of democracy to the zone.

At the meeting were Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifru;  Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chief Benjamin Kalu; former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim; Senator Orji Uzor Kalu; the Minister for Innovation, Sciences and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, Dozie Ikedife Jnr and members of the Zonal Executive Committee

 
Uzodimma, who spoke with reporters after the meeting, said that the leaders resolved to work towards making the APC a dominant party in the region.

 
He said Southeast would be closer to the corridors of power if they joined the ruling party.

Uzodimma,  who is the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) added: “You must have seen how sitting governors in the other geo-political zones are now joining the APC.

“It is by joining the APC which is in-charge of the government at the center in Nigeria and other sub-national governments that the Southeast will be very close to the corridors of power.”

 
Uzodimma said it a thing of joy that the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governors of Imo and Ebonyi States, members of the National Assembly, ministers and other senior functionaries of the Federal Government from the region are under the platform of the APC.

He said: “We have decided to see Southeast as a family, tolerate each other’s shortcomings, work as formidable team, to achieve the desired results.”