ONITSHA SOUTH: NULGE CHAIRMAN, WOMAN LEADERS COMMEND ORJI’S STYLE OF GOVERNANCE…ECHOED FOR SOLUDO RE-ELECTION BID
By Julie Sylvia, Onitsha
The Chairman, National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Onitsha South, Mrs Ngozi Alaebo and the Woman Leader Fegge ward 5, Mrs Nnedimma Ndukamma on August 12, commended the Mayor of the area, Hon. Chief Emeka Orji for his outstanding leadership skills in piloting the affairs of the Local Government Area.
Giving the commendation in her office at the Secretariat immediately after the hosting of the workers by the Mayor, Mrs Alaebo said that there has been a drastic change since Hon. Orji assumed office, noting that his style of leadership is a top notch.
“We thank the Mayor for granting our request one after the other, building of toilets, landscaping of Secretariat compound and the installation of transformer for electricity.
“What we are expecting now are the claims which he has promised us today. So we are happy and solidly behind the Mayor, the Governor and APGA. We are all members of Solution Vanguard Support Group and the Mayor has donated T-shirts and caps to us. I have also taken 150 persons to Awka under Solution Vanguard and we all have voters card.
“The Mayor is doing very well, he is workers friendly Mayor and we workers work in solidarity with him due to his leadership skills, transparency, empathy, listening ear, motivator and more to count, we love him.
“Moreso, our governor has been doing wonderfully well in infrastructural development, especially the road he constructed in my community, Umuomaku, Orumba South, it is in this present administration that we witnessed tared road since I was born, so I assured him of his 2nd tenure, no controversy, it is a sure bet,” Alaebo said.
In an interview, Mrs Ndukamma who spoke on behalf of the 17 wards women leaders present, corroborated with the view of the NULGE Chairman. “We are happy today because the Mayor has put smile on our faces, he gave us wrappers each, which other women leaders from other local governments have got theirs long ago, he gave us the eatable and drinkable.
“Today, the difference is clear and we are now fully prepared for the November Guber election, this treatment has never been given to us since we assumed office as the wards women leaders, but the Mayor has recognized us today which showed us that he was not aware of our predicament all this while.
“Before now, we are not being recognized in Onitsha South, our impact was not felt, we are sidelined, working like elephants and eating like ants, only the ward chairmen are being recognised, we would be sent to errands and after everything, praises would be showered to the ward chairmen while we are left behind, thank God our complaints have yielded fruits,” Ndukamma posited.
She mentioned that the woman leaders participated fully in this ongoing APGA registration form and they motivated a lot of people and even demanded for the extension of the registration because more people wanted to be registered.
Earlier in his speech, the Mayor thanked the workers for the warmth welcome given to him immediately he came back from his trip, noted that he was hosting the workers because he and the workers have not been seated together for long. He also added that these were the main reasons for hosting them.
The Mayor further informed the workers that their demand on increase of their claims would be done if they work harder, reiterated that he cannot pay them from the money sent from Awka but from the revenue account.
