Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on Walvis Bay residents to vote for the party.
She says the early history of the party would never be complete without mentioning Walvis Bay and the Erongo region.
Mentioning party leaders, including founding president Sam Nujoma and the late Nathaniel Maxuilili, at a rally at Walvis Bay on Saturday, she said Swapo is a party of workers and Walvis Bay was always an area with a vibrant workforce.
“Walvis Bay served as one of Swapo’s centres of political activity and still remains the main port where most goods are imported and exported from the country. It is our responsibility as party members, supporters and sympathisers to see to it that the Erongo region is managed in a manner that will bring prosperity to the entire nation. We should, therefore make sure that Swapo wins overwhelmingly in the Erongo region,” she said.
Nandi-Ndaitwah noted that the rally in the Erongo region followed just a few days after Erongo governor Neville Andre delivered his state of the region address on regional achievements and challenge.
“Those achievements are talking to our election manifesto when it comes to national projects, including road network, health and social welfare, education, water and electrification. When we talk of the natural resources beneficiation and youth empowerment for sustainable development, Erongo has a lot to offer,” she said.
She called for unity among the region’s residents while extending an invitation to all to join and rejoin the party.
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