By Ebere Uzoukwa
It was a gathering of political leaders, stakeholders and youths of Obingwa who thronged on Wednesday under the invitation of the youthful chairman of the council, Hon. Sunday Amaechi Hanson, to among other things brainstorm on how to deliver Gov. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu as he prepares to declare his second term bid.
The Obela, Abayi Ohanze country-home of the Obingwa-Capacity Chairman, Abia State Chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) and Deputy National Chairman of ALGON, Hon.Hanson was indeed the right venue for leaders, stakeholders and youths to ventilate and declare their positions and unflinching support in a profound manner for their brother, son and youth friendly Governor, Dr. Ikpeazu.
The council boss in his charismatic manner first entertained and dazzled his audience with a comprehensive account of his stewardship before canvassing for support and commitment for the reelection of Dr. Ikpeazu in 2019.
Hon. Hanson who preached peace, unity and togetherness among the youths and political leaders, urged those who may not have benefitted directly or indirectly from the government of Dr. Ikpeazu to exercise patience hence the governor, according to him, has developed an elaborate welfarist and empowerment plans that will surely impact meaningfully on the lives of Ndi Obingwa and the entire Abians in due course.
While also speaking, Hon. Ebere Uzoukwa, also known as Ochiagha Obingwa, appealed to the youths to shun all forms of thuggery and electoral violence on the ground that elections are no longer won on the alter of violence and thuggery owing to stringent innovations INEC has introduced to rejig the electoral system.
Hon. Uzoukwa, who contested the December 2016 Obingwa council chairmanship under the platform of All Progressives Congress(APC), explained that he decided not to challenge the outcome of the council election in recognition of the fact that the exercise merely involved brothers and friends that would one day reconcile their political differences.
He commended Hon. Hanson for his performance so far and encouraged him to always use his good office to mobilize the youths and stakeholders for future political engagements.
The journalist cum politician who applauded Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on his wonderful but impressive achievements, however, urged Ndi Obingwa to disseminate what he called 'the message of good performance' which symbolizes the governor's revolutionary records, to their brothers and sisters across the three senatorial zones of Abia for the purpose of convincing them on the gains of re-electing Gov. Ikpeazu for a second term in office as Governor of Abia State.
In their separate goodwill messages, the members representing Obingwa East and Obingwa West State Constituencies, Hon(Barr) Solomon Akpulonu and Hon(Barr) Thomas Nkoro commended Gov. Ikpeazu for his sterling leadership and vision he brought to bear in the course of re-writing the his history of the God's Own State in terms of infrastructural development and good governance.
The two lawmakers, therefore, promised to assist the council chairman in mobilizing Ndi Obingwa ahead of 2019 by hosting subsequent gatherings to further sensitize the youths on how to mobilize towards ensuring total victory for Dr. Ikpeazu come 2019.
The rally was attended by notable Obingwa political leaders and stakeholders including Chief Roland Nwakanma(Grand Total) who is also the Deputy General Manager, ASEPA, Aba zone, Hon. Uche Irondi, General Manager, Abia Housing Authority, Barr. Ugochukwu Amaraizu, SECLOG Obingwa LGA, government appointees from Obingwa and youths from different platforms.
The major highlight is the CONFIDENCE VOTE passed on Gov. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and his ADOPTION by Obingwa Youths as their SOLE Governorship candidate in the 2019 Abia.
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