George Moghalu, the Labour Party Governorship Candidate for the November 8, Anambra State Election has described the current administration as lacking in merit and one undeserving of a second term.
In an exclusive interview with THE WHISTLER, Moghalu whose campaign message is firmly rooted in public trust, said that beyond infrastructure, governance is successful when there is transparency, public confidence, and access to individuals elected into power.
“Public trust is the only way you can guarantee people’s confidence in government, and as it is, our people have lost trust and confidence in this government.
“They don’t believe in this government anymore and it’s a consequence of a lack of transparency, openness, honesty and lack of promise-keeping.
“If you use all these parameters as a basis to rate this government, they have lost all.
“Go to the market, streets and the hinterlands and ask if they trust this government? They will tell you, No. The government is beyond building infrastructure,” Moghalu said.
Moghalu’s position, hovers on the relative parameters of Chukwuma Soludo’s successes in the past three years by Anambra residents, many of whom THE WHISTLER has interacted with.
While some residents adjudged the current administration successful given its drive towards infrastructural development, some have largely berated it for its inability to manage the security of lives and properties.
In response to that, Soludo, earlier in 2025, established a domestic security outfit, named ‘Udo Ga Chi Zero kidnapping’ comprising vigilantes and other security personnel to restore peace and safety across the state.
However, Moghalu described it as a failure due to the process of its establishment.
He said, “How do you explain that you have a security outfit, whose responsibility ab initio is to protect the people but they have turned out to be oppressing the people? And it’s not about the allegation, we are talking about the truth on the ground.”
Recently, the state security outfit, particularly its vigilantes, have been accused of abusing power, inflicting inhumane treatment on suspects, kidnapping and incarcerating suspected criminals in private cells, other than the legitimate cells of the Anambra Police Command.
“We have a security outfit that is not properly trained; they are not properly equipped; they are not properly prepared for the responsibilities given to them.
“If we want to talk about security, we must design it in such a way that it will be comparable to what you have in every civilised environment.
“You document, train, equip and remunerate them properly. What is the average pay? This means training and reorientation should come first, before the operation.
“There is no community in this state that does not have retired military, police, and DSS personnel who can also be co-opted into the security arrangement to expand the architecture. You use them to train these people and in this era, you bring in technology.
“If I’m going to address insecurity in the state, it has to be technology-driven. So, Udo Ga Chi is a failure, because if what should have been done was not done, you cannot buy a goat and expect a cow,” he said.
When asked to rate Soludo’s administration on a scale of 1-10, Moghalu said, “4”, saying “He did not perform.”
On changing the narrative, Moghalu stated his plans, if elected, to be transparent and accessible unlike Soludo, whom he claimed is otherwise.
The governorship candidate pledged to review the Agricultural policy — “if there be any because the impact is not felt” — by identifying the unique agricultural values of various zones in the state.
He said, “If I am in charge today, agriculture will be brought to the front burner because I see agriculture as something that provides us an opportunity to contribute effectively to the growth of the economy and provide employment opportunities. If you invest in the agriculture value chain, you can accommodate a lot of interest.
“A place like Anambra North for example, should be able to feed the state and export food items out of the state, providing employment opportunities for our teeming graduates who are unemployed.”
On Education, Moghalu stated plans to “rebuild and re-equip 1,000 schools in four years”, considering his single-term agenda to allow for proper zoning of the governorship position.
Noting that some “public schools in the state are in dilapidated conditions”, Moghalu said, if elected, “digital schools would be established across the state and teaching in such schools would be attractive to the right professionals.
When asked the best approach to managing a House of Assembly filled with opposition members, he said, “The truth is that everyone in the House of Assembly is an Anabrarian whether by birth or residence.
“If truly their reason for seeking public office is for the public good, I don’t see why I would not work with them. I won’t be threatened”.
“When Peter Obi was elected as governor, he didn’t have the majority in the House. But there is a common connecting factor, and the people are the connecting link.
“However, if all of us are here for the people, we must have a meeting point, to discuss how to serve the people.
“Also, if I do not win the election, to God be the glory. I have made myself available. I have said it before that power belongs to God and he gives it to whom he pleases at his own time.
“If it is the will of God, to God be the glory that I will be governor, if it also not his will, to him alone all the glory,” Moghalu noted.
However, he urged Anambrarians to elect him as governor because he is “coming with experience, honesty and coming to do what has not been done before”.
Moghalu added that he is “coming to open the government”.
When THE WHISTLER highlighted his agenda as popularly used by many politicians, Moghalu challenged Anabrarians to check his track records, stating that his governorship race is neither his first outing nor the first public office he has held.
“I challenge them to check whether or not I keep to my promises,” he said.
