Soft-speaking Nollywood actor, Bob Manuel Udokwu has seen it all
in the world of acting and looking rather seasoned in the business of
governance.
Bob Manuel was reappointed by Governor Willie
Obiano as Senior Special Assistant on Movie/Entertainment industry after
serving under Governor Peter Obi as Senior Special Assistant on
Creative Media.
With the full support of his boss, Bob has
expressed his interest to vie for the Anambra State House of Assembly to
represent Idemili North constituency under All Progressive Grand
Alliance, APGA.
“The desire to contribute to the political process
of development/transformation in Anambra State and help garner support
of my massive followership for the government prompted me to contest.
APGA
is the party I chose because it is more like a movement than an
ordinary political party in the South East. It is the party in power in
Anambra State. I agree with its ideology of “togetherness for progress”.
It has huge grassroots follower-ship. That’s why I joined the party” he
told squealed.
However, the seat which he’s vying for is occupied by a fellow entertainer, Tony One-Week, who is also seeking re-election.
“
It’s a coincidence that the incumbent is also an actor. My contesting
against him is nothing personal. Our people deserve better
representation. I have toured the 10 towns with 12 wards that make up
Idemili North Constituency. All I kept getting was complaints of non
performance from the masses against the incumbent! We can’t let that go
on for another four years” he explained
Speaking further on
whether it would affect their relationship as colleagues in the movie
industry, Bob Manuel-Udokwu said, “We didn’t have any special
relationship before now, so the issue of it being strained doesn’t
arise. We showed courtesy to each other whenever we met but we’ve not
run into each other since my declaration to contest."
