{"id":50863,"date":"2016-07-02T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T21:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=50863"},"modified":"2016-07-02T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T21:48:38","slug":"im-governor-abia-state-not-ukwangwa-says-ikpeazu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/im-governor-abia-state-not-ukwangwa-says-ikpeazu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Governor of Abia State, not Ukwa\/Ngwa, says Ikpeazu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has called on the people of
\nUkwa\/Ngwa to be fair minded in their demands on him as the Governor and
\nconsider people from other parts of the state.\u00a0A statement issued on
\nMonday by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Enyinnaya Appolos, said the
\nGovernor stated this during the concluding phase of the ongoing Abia State
\ntown hall meeting in Abia South.\u00a0\u00a0Ikpeazu who hails from Ukwa\/Ngwa axis of
\nthe state, that didn’t produce the governor of the state until\u00a02015 when
\nDr.\u00a0Ikpeazu emerged as the 4th democratically elected governor of the
\nstate, also assured the people that everything due to them will be given
\nto them.Speaking at the Obehie venue of the meeting, Governor Ikpeazu
\nsaid: “I’m here to fulfill the promise I made to you during the campaigns.
\nI promised that I will always return to you as the owners of the mandate
\nI’m holding in trust, to report to you on what we’ve done, what we are
\ndoing and what we want to do.\u00a0“I’m not your ruler, but your Servant.
\nTherefore, I’m here to tell you what we’ve done in the first one year of
\nour government and what we plan to do in the next one year, or our second
\nyear of our four years tenure. I will also give you the opportunity to ask
\nme questions, and I will answer all your questions here, that’s why we are
\nhere in this town hall meeting.\u00a0“I will not lie to you because I don’t
\nhave any reason to do so. You elected me as your Governor to tell you the
\ntruth always, and not to lie to you.\u00a0“All I am asking from you is your
\ncontinuos prayers. Be rest assured that Abia is in God’s safe hands.” The
\nGovernor said.Speaking on the plans of his administration to develop the
\nstate: Governor Ikpeazu said: “My dear brothers and sisters from
\nUkwa\/Ngwa, it is true that I am one of you, it is also true that we’ve not
\nbeen governor until now, but I am the Governor of Abia State, and not just
\nthe Governor of Ukwa\/Ngwa people.\u00a0“So when I want to take decisions about
\nour state, I will think of Abia as a state and not Abia South or
\nUkwa\/Ngwa. This is one truth that I must tell you.\u00a0“I know where I come
\nfrom, and our brothers and sisters from Old Bende know that I come from
\nsomewhere. We must be fair to every Abian and visitors in our
\nland.\u00a0“Another truth I must tell our young people is; we are serious about
\nour plans to develop our land. Very soon multinational companies will be
\ncoming to you asking you to sale your lands to them, please do not sale
\nyour lands, but go into partnership with investors coming into your
\narea.\u00a0“Let your land be your own contribution to any business that is
\ncoming to your area, so that you will not only benefit from the business,
\nbut your children and generations unborn will also be shareholders and
\nbenefit from the business. Please let us stop selling our lands.
\nOur\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0will be better and we must plan for that\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0now. Never
\nagain will we be slaves in our land. This is one truth I must tell you, as
\none of you.”\u00a0The Governor also emphasized his call on the people to begin
\nto think of going into agriculture, as it is the way to go all over the
\nworld, for economic survival.\u00a0Speaking, the former Commissioner of
\nInformation, Chief Ralph Egbu, commended the Governor for initiating the
\nidea of the town hall meeting and also making out time to attend,
\nstressing that the town hall meeting has given the Governor the
\nopportunity to see, feel and hear from those that voted him into
\noffice.\u00a0“This is the first we have a Governor in a town hall meeting where
\nhe sees, feel and hear from the people that voted him to be their
\ngovernor. I must commend you for that, and also ask that you ensure that
\nall that have been said here is attended to.” Egbu said.<\/div>\n
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