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| Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu |
The Abia State Governor, His Excellency Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, PHD, will be in Abiriba Enachioken Kingdom today (11/07/2018) on an official visit, and as he enters Abiriba with his entourage this afternoon, I know our early pioneers and ancestors would be looking up to the present stake holders in Abiriba.
Abiriba is a community known for her hospitality and has produced men who are bold in saying their minds about what the community and her people needs without minding whose ox is gored.
The current stake holders should be bold enough to tell the governor the needs of the people, because, as the election period draws closer and closer, our people must play their cards well. It should not be a gathering of "Nde Fonfuju akpas" which has hampered the development of Abiriba in recent times.
Abiriba, by right, deserves to be the first community to produce the Governor of Abia State upon creation of the state going by the enormous resources and sacrifices paid by mostly "Nde Abiriba" towards the creation of Abia State in 1991.
By 27th August, 2018, Abia State will be 27 years and it is unimaginable that an indigene of Abiriba has not smelt the Senatorial seat, Governor, Deputy Governor nor House of Representatives till date except the State House of Assembly occupied by Hon. Tony Okoro during Orji Uzor Kalu's tenure and now, Hon. Mandela Obasi. Late Senator Onyeka Amadi Okorafor would have been the Senator from Abiriba if their tenure wasn't truncated by the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election in which he could have served under the M.K.O. Abiola-led government.
Let us remind the governor that, WITHOUT THE EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTION OF ABIRIBA PEOPLE, MOSTLY, OUR BUSINESSMEN, THE CREATION OF ABIA STATE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
The development and subsequent population of Aba, the Enyimba city was one of the criteria used by the Babangida Military government to create Abia State and the industries built by Abiriba people was responsible for Aba to receive the accolade as " THE JAPAN OF AFRICA" before the population explosion that followed.
It is on record that Abiriba has the highest number of prominent men who made themselves and their resources available towards the fight for the creation of Abia State. Therefore, we cannot continue to serve as POLITICAL MANURE to every in-coming or out-going governments in the state.
Also, of utmost importance is to remind the governor that " WE DON'T HAVE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN ABIRIBA AND MANY OF OUR PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DYING UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THIS VERY ISSUE.
Therefore, as the Governor visits, it should not be praises and praises alone without pointing out to him the needs of people while mapping out our political strategies very well.
I discovered a political disease which our people have been suffering of recent called " P.H.D". P.H.D simply means in my laboratory analysis " PULL HIM DOWN", and it has been the bane of our politics in these days. Whenever an Abiriba man comes out to contest for a political office, our people will start talking all sorts of rubbish against him or her, instead, accepting to vote an outsider whose C.V they don't know.
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| Abiriba ancient men |
The likes of Late Jonah Ndukwo Kalu (Ndukwonta), Okoro Ijagha, Ete Igwo and co will be shaking their heads in their graves should we continue to play the kind of politics we have been seeing in Abiriba over the past decades.
Finally, I pray that the governor's visit will not be to cook rice, dance round and dismiss.
Abiriba kaani.
By: Prince .N. Kalu ( P.N.K).
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