{"id":32978,"date":"2014-11-09T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T21:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=32978"},"modified":"2014-11-09T22:31:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T21:31:21","slug":"letter-ngwa-nation-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/letter-ngwa-nation-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Ngwa Nation Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Godwin Adindu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My people, this is an emotional letter, a kind of love letter. Though I<br \/>\nhave not set out to woo a bride, I have set out to woo your hearts, to win<br \/>\nyour convictions in the fact that, in the present circumstances, what<br \/>\nmatters more is our community and our state. I have set out, in this<br \/>\nletter, to convince the Ukwa Ngwa on the need for us to run a united race,<br \/>\nkeep a united faith and win a united crown. Having followed the trajectory<br \/>\nof the political metamorphosis in our dear state for over two decades, I<br \/>\nstand on a vantage position to share some valuable insight.<\/p>\n<p>I share in the zeal and enthusiasm of all the gubernatorial aspirants to<br \/>\noffer themselves for service to our dear state. Some of them have given a<br \/>\nlot to the Ukwa Ngwa cause. I will single Distinguished Senator Abaribe<br \/>\nout as one man who raised the political consciousness of our people. At a<br \/>\ncritical hour of history, God raised an Abaribe who stood tall and<br \/>\ncourageous and restored the pride of the Ukwa Ngwa. Nobody can erase this<br \/>\nhistory. All the other aspirants have also paid their dues for our people.<br \/>\nBut, today, I speak to their hearts with every sense of patriotism and<br \/>\nloyalty, delivering the message that there will only be one governor at a<br \/>\ntime.<\/p>\n<p>If the future and destiny of the Ukwa Ngwa people and our dear state are<br \/>\nthe driving persuasion, then our aspirants must go the extra mile in<br \/>\nmaking sacrifices by collapsing their ambition to the moving train. This<br \/>\nwill be the most noble act and the most altruistic in the face of the<br \/>\ncurrent realities. It will give a very dangerous signal for any Ukwa Ngwa<br \/>\nto be seen to be standing on the way of the moving train.<\/p>\n<p>For the Ukwa Ngwa , I say that this is an age of reason and common sense.<br \/>\nIt is no more an age of sheepish and captive loyalty. The Ukwa Ngwa have<br \/>\ngrown in political wisdom, nurtured by experience and tutored by history,<br \/>\nto know that loyalty and patronage are only beneficial when it is given<br \/>\nto the right source of power. And, in the present circumstance, the right<br \/>\nsource of power remains the incumbent governor of Abia State. The Ukwa<br \/>\nNgwa must realize the awesome power of our incumbent governor, the only<br \/>\npower after God in Abia today. The Ukwa Ngwa cannot and will not run<br \/>\ncontrary to that power.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukwa Ngwa have also risen above clannish sentiments to see Abia as one<br \/>\nlarge and unified spectrum of people with a common aspiration. This is the<br \/>\nstandard that Ochendo has set. Thus, when the Ukwa Ngwa rose to endorse<br \/>\nDr. Okezie Ikpeazu, as the chosen candidate, they did so with the full<br \/>\nconsideration of his universal appeal and acceptability within the broad<br \/>\nspectrum of Abia State. Abians must appreciate the pains it has taken<br \/>\nGovernor Theodore Orji to worry about a successor, knowing full well the<br \/>\ncomplexities of that office.<\/p>\n<p>This is why I must commend the frontline Ukwa Ngwa groups like the Theo<br \/>\nNkire-led Ukwa Ngwa Professionals, the Elder Emman Adaelu-led Nsuko<br \/>\nOhanaeze Nde-Ngwa La Ukwa and many other groups who have boldly keyed into<br \/>\nthe vision of the great Ochendo of Abia. These groups hold all the<br \/>\naspirants in high esteem but their plea is that there can only be one at a<br \/>\ntime. There is no wisdom in causing trouble. The aspirants must realize<br \/>\nthat the struggle was not a misadventure for them. They have benefited.<br \/>\nThey have held the peoples mandate and have enjoyed all the goodies<br \/>\nassociated with the offices. For them, this must be the time to give back<br \/>\nto the people by divorcing self and making hard sacrifices of their<br \/>\nambition.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, my letter is a plea and pacification to the aspirants. History<br \/>\nwill forever remember them and the Ukwa Ngwa nation will forever<br \/>\nappreciate them for their contributions and individual sacrifices in<br \/>\nraising the bar of the agitation for the empowerment of the people. Yet,<br \/>\nas in the case of Moses, history has also taught us that it is not in all<br \/>\ncases that the pioneers of a struggle remain the final anointed leader.<br \/>\nBut, their spirit and vision are always kept aflame in the heart of the<br \/>\npeople and their name remain permanently placed in the hall of fame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I make bold to inform the Ngwa that our brothers in Abia North and Central<br \/>\nare watching to see how we articulate our position and how united we could<br \/>\nbe in the face of the offer that has been made to us by the state PDP and<br \/>\nthe governor. They are watching to see how well we could make use of the<br \/>\nchance in our hand. I therefore, call on all Ukwa Ngwa to work with the<br \/>\nstate in delivering Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the popular candidate that has<br \/>\nbeen endorsed and accepted by the generality of all Abians.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.Okezie Ikpeazu, the street sweeper of Aba demonstrated a high capacity<br \/>\nfor service as the helmsman of the state environmental maintenance agency<br \/>\nin Aba. He followed the counsels of Martin Lurther King Jnr and swept Aba<br \/>\nso well that the host of heavens had to say, \u201cHere was a street sweeper\u201d.<br \/>\nHe had earlier repeated the feat as the TC Chairman of Obingwa and as the<br \/>\nmanager of the Abia State Passengers Integrated Manifest and Safety<br \/>\nScheme( ASPIMSS). A thorough bred intellectual and an unassuming fellow,<br \/>\nhe has everything it takes to mount the saddle, so let\u2019s give him our<br \/>\nco-operation.<\/p>\n<p>Pardon me, the aspirants that I have to send this letter through the<br \/>\nmedia. I had wanted to deliver it personally but I do not have your<br \/>\nmailing addresses. I do hope that my letter reaches you in good faith.<br \/>\nMine is a sermon of peace and an appeal. I know what ambition is. I know<br \/>\nit is not easy to quench the raging fire from within. But, sleep over<br \/>\nit. Chew upon it and realize that what is ahead of us is far greater than<br \/>\nwhat is behind us. You are all men of substance who cannot be ignored.<br \/>\nYet, the greatest service you must give to Ukwa Ngwa now is the sacrifice<br \/>\nof your ambition for the common goal.<\/p>\n<p>I remain<\/p>\n<p>Yours affectionately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Godwin Adindu &nbsp; My people, this is an emotional letter, a kind of love letter. 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