By Enoch Uzuegbunam

The Mayor of Nnewi North LGA, Hon. Echezona Anazodo, on October 2, was honoured with the prestigious Leadership and Community Service Award by the Anambra State Town Union Council, ASTUC, Youth Wing.

The award, which also came with a decoration as a Community Role Model, was in recognition of Hon. Anazodo’s outstanding leadership, youth-friendly governance and commitment to grassroots development in Nnewi North.

The award was presented on behalf of the ASTUC Youth Wing by the President-General of Nzuko-Ora Nnewi, Hon. Prince Jude Osumuoh. The ASTUC Youth Wing is led by its President-General, Hon. Ken Okoli.

Speaking during the presentation, Hon. Osumuoh commended Mayor Anazodo for redefining local government administration and for carrying the youths of Nnewi along in his programmes and policies.

In his reaction, the President of Nnewi Youths Forum, Hon. Ejim Ucheagwu, described the award as well-deserved, noting that it is an appreciation of the Mayor’s unwavering commitment to the development of Nnewi.

According to Hon. Ucheagwu, under the EcheHome administration, Nnewi North has witnessed remarkable improvements in security, internal road rehabilitation, environmental sanitation and youth empowerment.

Responding, Hon. Echezona Anazodo thanked the leadership of the ASTUC Youth Wing for finding him worthy of the honour and dedicated the award to the good people of Nnewi North. He reaffirmed his commitment to building a safer, cleaner and smarter Nnewi North in line with the Solution Agenda of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo.

Enoch is a reporter with the Anambra State Ministry of Information and Value Reformation.