Rt Hon Chinedum Orji receiving The Sun Award

The Chairman, Onyenucheya Foundation, Comr. Chukwuemeka Onyenucheya on Saturday described  The SUN Public Service Award 2020 given to Hon Chinedum Orji， the Speaker， Abia State House of Assembly as mirroring the collective desires of Abians for visionary leadership；And equally mirrors the potentials of Abians which can be harnessed by such  leadership.


Chief Chukwuemeka Onyenucheya

Chief Onyenucheya speaking to journalists from the sidelines of the 18th edition of the SUN Awards which held at Eko Hotels and Suite， Lagos， congratulated   Rt Hon Orji for emerging  winner of 'The SUN Public Service Award 2020'，describing it as  a positive and commendable acknowledgement of  his outstanding leadership qualities.

"I wish to  congratulate Rt Hon Chinedum Orji  for emerging winner of the prestigious ' SUN Public Service Award' for 2020.  I liken this award to a mirror from which we can see both our collective desires for a visionary leadership  and our collective potentials which such visionary leadership can harness.

”The SUN Public Service Award to Hon Orji shows that what leadership requires to  bring about a better society is  energy, vision, and determination and not lengthy stay in office. In other words， the Abia Speaker has brought quality leadership to bear in delivering to Abians good governance and development”, Comr. Onyenucheya affirmed

The Onyenucheya Foundation boss also eulogised The SUN for initiating the award explaining that such gestures from the Press serves as motivation to elected public officials to give their best while  in office as they are indeed like lights which cannot be hidden especially if they perform excellently.


Hon Chinedum Orji with Sen Orji Uzor Kalu at the event


DailyLedger.com.ng reports that Mr Onuoha Ukeh, the Managing Director of The SUN Publishing Ltd, publishers of The SUN， remarked while presenting a letter announcing the award to the Speaker,  that the Abia's 7th Assembly under the leadership of Rt Hon Orji as the 11th Speaker has enacted several commendable legislation that would enhance and drive good governance, development and justice in the State, including the Abia State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act; Abia State Water and Sewage Development Act; Abians in Diaspora Act, and others

He added that the Speaker has gone beyond his legislative brief to embark on numerous empowerment projects in several parts of the State，Ikwuano State Constituency inclusive

The newspaper CEO declared that "The SUN Public Service Award is given to that man or woman who has made exceptional giant strides in public service and thereby giving hopes for a greater Nigeria

The event attracted top government officials including State governors， members of the National Assembly，and business moguls.