A former deputy governor of Abia State and former Senate Minority Chief, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed shock and unhappiness over the dying of the primary government governor of outdated Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
LEADERSHIP studies that Dr. Onu was the immediate-past Minister of Science and Expertise below the President Muhammadu Buhari administration from 2015 to 2023.
Abaribe, who presently represents Abia South within the Senate, stated in a press release issued by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom, in Abuja on Thursday, that Dr Onu’s dying was an enormous loss to Nigeria, each Ebonyi and Abia States.
Dr. Onu, he stated, charted the course for the modern-day Abia State such that he’s nonetheless being remembered for lengthy after Afikpo was carved out of the State.
“As the primary civilian governor of the state, he laid a stable basis for which the God’s Personal State grew to become the primary in all ramifications within the committee of states in Nigeria.
“His demise got here to me as a shock and I’ll proceed to recollect what he stood for whereas alive: uprightness. straightforwardness and epitome of civility in politics.
“He’ll proceed to be remembered within the historical past of Abia State as his demise is a large loss to the individuals of Ebonyi, Abia, Ndigbo and Nigeria usually,” Abaribe stated.
Senator Abaribe, due to this fact, prolonged his condolences to the quick household of Onu and the individuals of Ebonyi State.