''I’m under pressure to run for Senate'' - Chris Ngige.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says he is being pressured by his constituency to run for a seat in the Senate in next year’s elections. Ngige who represented Anambra Central District in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, disclosed this when he spoke at a briefing at Obosi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

 Ngige said he is also considering contesting for his previous seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections.

               “The people who are pressurising me are my constituents; the people of Anambra State and some prominent people from the South-East. I am considering it, I am consulting and the result of my consultations will be made known in a fortnight'' he said