Tinubu urges South-East to emulate late Michael Okpara’s politics

 President Bola Tinubu, connected Friday, visited Abia and charged the South-East governmental people to emulate the marque of inclusive authorities played by the Premier of the defunct Eastern Region, precocious Dr Michael Okpara.

Tinubu gave the charge, erstwhile helium inaugurated the renovated and retrofitted Michael Okpara Auditorium successful Umuahia.

The president, represented by the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, described Okpara arsenic a visionary politician, who positioned the portion astatine the centre of nationalist politics.

He said that the precocious elder statesman played to the centre and created a spot for the South-East successful the concern of federation building.

He commended the Abia Government for the translation of the edifice, saying that the operation had go a modern landmark, worthy of the precocious Okpara’s memory.

Tinubu said that helium holds the South-East successful precocious respect and has demonstrated it done his inclusiveness successful governance, which focuses connected federation gathering and adjacent socioeconomic improvement oregon the country.

He said that helium was successful Abia to inaugurate assorted projects that would amended the well-being of the residents.

“Some are national projects performed by the Governor; others are authorities projects.

“But projects, whether they are national oregon state, the important happening is to interaction the lives of the radical of our state,” the president said.

In a remark, the authorities Governor, Dr Alex Otti, recalled that the auditorium was abandoned for galore years until his medication began its renovation successful precocious 2023.

“Today, it is simply a lasting edifice worthy of beholding and by the clip we marque a measurement inside, Your Excellency, you volition beryllium blessed with the prime of enactment that is done,” Otti said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawsuit was attended by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu, the lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial Zone, Sen. Enyinnya Abaribe, and  the Deputy Governor of Abia, Mr Ikechukwu Emetu.

Others are the Speaker of Abia House of Assembly, Mr Emmanuel Emeruwa, the erstwhile Deputy Governor of Abia, Chief Ude Oko-Chukwu, and apical authorities functionaries, amongst different dignitaries. 

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