Rep Sam Onuigbo


The  people of Ikwuano LGA were Wednesday urged to be strategic, to eschew parochialism and desist from sychophancy as they consider which of their sons is best to represent Abia Central Senatorial District.

This message was passed on to the people by Hon. Chukwuemeka Osoagbaka, former member, Abia State House of Assembly 

Col Austin Akobundu. rtd

Hon Osoagbaka who reminded the people that the Senate is coming to Ikwuano again after 60 years warned that the opportunity should not be frittered away since "our  decisions today MUST affect the standard of life of our people for generations to come either positively or negatively". 

The former lawmaker, fondly called Gbakaz urged Ikwuano people to thoroughly assess Ikwuano candidates based on their past antecedents and personal sacrifices to the development of our communities.

He further urged the people to set a minimum threshold of expectations and goals that must be achieved by any candidate if elected to office.

He also counselled that Ikwuano must support their chosen candidate with block votes if victory must be achieved.

Dailyledger.com.ng reports that the two major political parties in  Abia state, namely PDP and APC gave its ticket for Abia Central Senatorial seat to two Ikwuano sons - Col Austin Akobundu, PDP  and Hon Sam Onuigbo, APC

Reproduced below is the full text of the statement issued by Hon Osoagbaka:

"IKWUANO FIRST" OUR MARCH TO THE RED CHAMBERS..

It is no longer news that Ikwuano will be fielding two of her "illustrious sons" to vie for the Abia Central Senatorial District  seat through the People's Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressive Congress, APC platforms come the 2023 General Elections. This is coming Sixty years (60yrs) after the late Senator Ukatah from Oloko represented the old Bende division during the First Republic.

It therefore becomes very expedient that we thoroughly assess the situation we are faced with as a people in the interest of "Ikwuano First", since our  decisions today MUST affect the standard of life of our people for generations to come either positively or negatively. To be more explicit, should we succeed in producing the Abia central senator come 2023, it would take at least another Forty years(40yrs) for Ikwuano after her tenure, to once again have the opportunity to represent Abia central at the prestigious Red Chambers, "all things being equal" like the economist would say.

This implies therefore that accepting the senatorial position in 2023 effectively retires all Ikwuano indigenes from the age of Twenty five years(25yrs) upwards from such aspirations and service to motherland in their life time. Therefore this must be treated with the seriousness it deserves in the interest of the majority and not to grease egos.

As a people, it is important we set a threshold of what we aspire for and the minimum we intend to achieve with this position for Ikwuano as a people using this office as a base. We must collectively decide who amongst our two aspiring sons to support in block based on their past antecedents and personal sacrifices to the development of our communities. This block support will ensure that our votes are not divided which may cost us the trophy.

 The result from our competitive analysis of our aspiring sons and our collective interactions with them will enable decide on what to do and the options we have available. "He who fails to plan, plans to fail".

We MUST NOT MORTGAGE the future of our children within the stated age margin mentioned earlier if in all honesty we are not sure of what will be achieved collectively using this office at this time or if we are not ready for the office as a tool for the collective development of our people.

We MUST not be parochial in determining what we want as a people.

For us to grow as a people, we must try to be very objective in setting our standards, we must minimise hatred, sycophancy and the institutionalization of mediocrity in the spirit of "Ikwuano First" 

Without Ikwuano, we won't be contesting.

Hon. Prince. Chukwuemeka Osoagbaka

"Uwaoma villa"

Ekpiri Ala Ala