Just as the story of Serena Willaims and her sister Venus who bestrode the field of lawn tennis like a Colossus, redefined it and by so doing inspired a generation of black women in sports.
The story of Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah’s foray into politics is a progressive success story in the making that historians will definitely raise thesis on to be studied by generations after our own.
Senator Ubah as a highly successful business entrepreneur in Nigeria, who knew how murky and shark infested the waters of politics especially as played in corruption ridden Africa and Nigeria is, still went ahead with his divine conviction to throw his hat in the ring and trigger a disruptive change to the old order fully aware of what to expect in the process.
When he started taking deliberate politics induced hits to his huge business conglomerate as the frightened old order made to fight back and cripple his economic power, many in his shoes would have fled and recoiled back fully to the business world where he is already comfortably operating in the same league with the Dangotes and Otedolas of this world.
Not Ifeanyi Ubah!
The young ebullient idea bearer took all in his stride, dexterously parried their arrows and refused to be distracted from fulfilling his divine mandate.
Backed at every juncture by a benevolent God, Senator Ubah akin to the cat with nine lives always finds a way to emerge victorious after every plot and kept walking the path of triggering huge human capacity based developmental showers upon his people.
The above stated facts is not lost on the people and that is the major reason why he always gets massively celebrated on his special days.
That is also why an Ifeanyi Ubah can beckon on his friends and contacts to join him and build hospitals and isolation centres for our people during the Covid pandemic and they quickly rallied round him, mobilised monies far above the one that the State Government under the previous administration was able to muster from individual donations .They collectively raised a little above half a billion Naira for charity despite dirty politics induced state sponsored newspaper advertorials warning them not to donate money to the Senator . Money realised from the charity donations would have even been more if the Senator had not put a minimum benchmark of One Million Naira per donation.
Yesterday was unsurprisingly not an exception as the entire media space was shut down with felicitation messages trooping in from people from all walks of life, all attesting to and celebrating the goodness of a young man that took matters into his own hands at early age and broke the chains of poverty through dint of hard work and perseverance. Same
young man has since, totally dedicated his life to the service of humanity and to helping the youths to also break out of poverty chains and become responsible to the society.
Selflessness in Politics is only possible when our people elect into political offices, contented men and women that has done well in their various chosen fields of endeavour and not the jobbers that sell properties and come bearing Greek gifts or are prepped by godfathers who expect return on their investments after sponsoring their elections.
Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah’s ability to deliver on arrival as a first timer in the Nigerian Senate was borne out of his track record of selfless love and passion for his people as well as the huge contacts and goodwill that he commands in the country. A humanitarian selfless love that seeks to give back to God and the society having been a grateful beneficiary of God’s goodness.
A goodness and divine favour that is only possible from an impossibility specialist God that made it possible for young Ifeanyi to transit from a trade apprentice (Nwa Boi) to a billionaire, Lawyer and Senator of the Federal Republic.
Today, several successful men and women look up to Senator Ubah for inspiration as they weigh their options on whether to join the murky waters of politics in order to also bring in their wealth of experience and developmental ideas to the people through public offices.
As we go to Church today, it is our fervent prayer that God continues to protect and keep safe all men and women who are in Politics today with genuine intentions for their people.
May God continue to guide and protect Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah as he clocks 51 and embarks on the second quarter of a life dedicated to the service of God and Humanity.
The Senator is highly humbled and grateful for the wonderful birthday wishes that trooped in from across the globe.
Kamen Chuks Ogbonna,
Our Lady Queen Of Nigeria Pro Cathedral, Garki,
Abuja, Nigeria