The Great Ihitte Uboma, Obowo Declaration: Our Symbol Is APC!

CAJETAN DUKE

Like all other declarations across the globe that are usually replete with landmark echoes of treaties, accords and symbolic signatures of actions, the All Progressives Congress, APC, families in Ihitte Uboma and Obowo Local Government Areas, Imo State, stoically and stoutly declared their full support for the governing party.

The groundswell Great Declarations took place yesterday, Wednesday, November 2, 2022, during the strategic visitation of the Hon. Sir Macdonald Kelechi Ebere, PhD led State Executive Committee visit to the two LGAs for it’s ongoing LGA Town Hall meeting.

Playing the grand host to the Imo APC leaders at Isinweke, the party chairman of Ihitte Uboma, Hon Innocent Onuoha, enthusiastically noted that the entire council had been waiting for such a memorable day.

“I, on behalf of the APC family of Ihitte Uboma welcome our hard working leaders and elders of the party in the state to our land. We have been waiting for such a memorable day and today it here.”

“As our people usually say, you cannot tell a blind person there is no salt in a food – the person will know it through the powers of taste. You can only tell a blind person there is no oil in a food.”

“Today, you can see that APC in Ihitte Uboma is intact. We are one because our symbol is APC. Our pledge is, we shall vote massively for APC at all levels in the next general elections, start with the the presidential and national assembly elections on February 25, 2023”, he stated.

Toeing the already established tempo, the Sole Administrator of the Council, Barrister Uche Okonkwo, commented the party at the state level for embarking on the town hall consultation and promised he would ensure effective implementation of whatever decision or outcome of the meeting, down to the grassroots.

The APC candidate for House of Assembly, who is also the present lawmaker representing Ihitte Uboma State Constituency, Hon. Chike Olemgbe, assured that the LGA would deliver APC in 2023 general elections as she had benefitted from the Governor Hope Uzodimma led – Shared Prosperity mantra in the state.

In his remarks, the party’s House of Representatives candidate and the serving member representing Ehime, Obowo and Ihitte Uboma otherwise known as Okigwe South Federal Constituency, Hon. Deacon Chike Okafor, who in actual fact got the arena in proper town hall mood: colourful, carnival – like, well charged and high sounding, commended the Imo APC boss, Sir MacDonald Ebere, PhD, for his vision in taking up the Town Hall Meeting tour.

He gave kudos to the governor, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, for his immaculate performance in the last two and half years he had been in the saddle.

Okafor was fully convinced that Okigwe Federal Constituency, which Ihitte Uboma and Obowo are components are APC branded in colour and action. He pledged to do more when he returns to the house in 2023.

Also, the senatorial candidate for APC in the Imo North or what is generally known as Okigwe Zone, Engr. Patrick Ndubueze, who stormed the centre in the company of his various support groups, including women, youths and traders urged the people of the area to continue in their support for APC until victory is achieved. He noted that Ihitte Uboma, Obowo and indeed all the LGAs in Okigwe Zone were symbolically APC in the true sense of the word.

Earlier in his address, the chairman, Ebere, thanked the APC community in Ihitte Uboma for thronging our in their numbers to welcome him and his team.

Pointing out the essence of the Town Hall Meeting, he said “We are here to meet you one – on – one. The aim is to know you the more, understand your problems and challenges and then look out for ways to solving them.

“This is the reason our amiable and performing Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, sent me and my Exco members to come and interact with you. The governor is ever ready to knowing your pains and ameliorating them.”

“All you have to do is to make our party stronger, bigger and better in your LGA so that APC will win 100 per cent in the 2023 general elections.”

Other APC leaders at the event who also charged the people to continue working for the greater glory of APC include, the Commissioner of Special Duties, Dr Okay Anukwem., Commissioner of Commerce and Industry, Hon. Simon Ebegnulem., the Development Centre Coordinator in the area, Mrs Salome Mbadiugha, Ihette Uboma APC Youth Leader, Iwuagwu Raphael., his woman leader counterpart, Lolo Ibenye, the Okigwe APC zonal chairman, Mr. Nwachukwu Kenneth as well as the State Financial Secretary, Hon Cajetan Anowi.

It was absolutely sensational and must be recorded that while the team was heading for Obowo, the pupils and teachers of Okenalogho Secondary Technical School, lined – up in front of their gate to welcome the august delegation. It turned out that Deacon Okafor had completed a gigantic school hall and adequately furnished it with modern furniture. Chike equally had fenced the school round. It was a beautiful stopover.

At Otoko, the leaders of the party in Obowo led by the APC LGA acting chair person, Lolo Maltida Iroh, were jubilant and in happy mood.

In his speech, Iroh said, “We are happy to welcome our state party leaders to Obowo, the symbol of APC in Imo State. In Obowo, we have no other party than APC and on behalf of other LGA executives, we assure you of total victory in 2023”.

The sole administrator of Obowo LGA, Engineer Pius Uwaleme was full of praises for the touring team. He thanked the governor for his wonderful records so far just as he also commended the state party chairman, Ebere for leading such a powerful delegation to the enclave.

Uwaleme called on the chairman to inform the governor on the problem of roads in the LGA in particular and Okigwe South Federal Constituency in general.

The immediate past speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Kennedy Ibeh, who is also the APC candidate for the Obowo State Constituency, noted that the area was all its ramifications APC. He assured victory for the party in all rounds of the 2023 elections.

Generally and effectively recounting the goal of the meeting, Ebere, highly satisfied by the large number of party faithful at the Obowo LGA headquarters, noted that the council was really an APC catchment area.

According to him, “It is very important we let you know why we all have gathered here. On behalf of the APC leaders and elders in the state, we were sent here by our number one citizen and leader, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma.

“The governor is aware we are here to consult with you. To hear from you – how you are doing, how you are working and then put down your challenges and aspirations.

“So far, we have learnt from your leaders some of your collective problems in Okigwe South Federal Constituency in general and Obowo in particular. They included mostly bad roads and lack of empowerment. We shall go back to Owerri to present these problems and I am assuring you he will attend to them.

“And, I encourage you to always be responsible party members. It is meaningless being APC in the day and LP, APGA, or PDP in the night. Such actions are called anti party activities. They are abhorrent behavior which the party frowns at.

In all, be your brothers’ keepers. Encourage and work for one another for the success of APC. The victory of the party is victory for all of us”.

Other party leaders who were at the event included the state Youth Leader of the party, Hon. Udoka Iwueke, the state assistant organizing secretary, Dr Basil Ekweke, Obowo LGA woman leader, Mrs Ngozi Ihemekwele., Obowo APC youth leader, Okechukwu Okafor, the coordinator, Obowo East Development Centre, Sir Eli Dibia, PhD., the chairman of chairmen in the LGA, Comrade Sam Okafor, the chairman of the presidents general, Chief Damain Nwakamma, and the chairman, Imo State Elders Council, Dr (Sir) E J. K. Onyebuchi amongst others.