By CHARLES ONYEKWERE, UMUAHIA
Immediate past Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ude Oko Chukwu has formally joined the Labour Party, LP, alongside his numerous supporters and pro-groups in Abia North and the State at large.
Receiving the former Deputy Governor on Saturday, August 23, at a reception held at Etitiama – Primary School, Nkporo, Ohafia LGA, Governor Alex Otti assured all the new entrants in the Labour Party of equal rights in the party.
“Let me once again welcome our brother to the party and all the people that joined him to our party.
“This is a party that does not discriminate. There is no difference between those who are joining today and some of us who joined in 2022.
“As soon as you are a member of the party, you have equal rights and opportunities. So, those of you who are joining today, you have been conferred with the same rights that I have.
“I’m glad that today, he , Oko-Chukwu, has given us a pass mark. He did not only give us a pass mark, he has come fully, full chested, to join us, and I want to thank him”, Gov. Otti stated.
Governor Otti, who announced the award of contract to reconstruct the Abiriba – Nkporo road, used the opportunity to thank Nkporo people for their support in 2023.
This is contained in a statement issued yesterday by Otti’s Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha and made available to journalists in Umuahia.
“To Nkporo people, I want to thank you for your support. Clearly, we won here in 2023 because of your support, even before the entire community collapsed into the Labour Party.
“So, if there are things that are coming tomorrow, I’m sure that everybody will recognise that Nkporo is Labour Party and Labour Party is Nkporo.
“Your road has been awarded. And we believe you are entitled to good roads in Abia State. Looking at the road, it was done some time ago but the only problem was that it was not done with stone base and anytime you do a road without stone base, after a few rainy seasons, it will collapse.
“But, you cannot do roads without stone base and with very thin, I think, three centimetres asphalt, right? I said, “No, the minimum is five or six. And that’s what the former Deputy Governor was talking about. The quality is as important as the job.
“This school is one of the schools we are ungrading to a smart school. Beyond the smart schools we are doing, we still have a few other schools around that we are fixing”, he said.
