Valentine Ozigbo: Celebrating The Apostle Of Love
By Jude Obiora
By now, virtually everybody in Anambra State can vouch for him being an apostle of love and peace. In a field often known for its brutality and hostility, our peace and love exponent, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, comes in with a refreshingly different style of politics.
Here’s a man that has carved a unique niche as a friend to all and enemy to none. Such has been his refreshing approach to politics that, deep down in their hearts, the opposition would not mind him becoming the next governor of the state.
Indeed, with Val, it’s all about sharing and spreading love, no matter the political, religious or social leaning of anyone.
When Ozigbo wakes up in the morning, it’s like his primary focus is how to forge bonds of friendship. One sees this in the time he creates to felicitate and celebrate people. There’s no distance too far for Val to visit a friend when his friend needs him. There’s also no terrain too rough for him to do same.
To this corporate titan, life is all about the friends we make, the bridges we build and the gaps we close.
Val’s innate compassion explains why he is a feature at social events like weddings, traditional marriages, conferences, and other social gatherings. He also offers his shoulders to the mourning to lean on.
Probably drawing from his experience in the hospitality industry as President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Plc, Ozigbo knows how to strike the right chords and when.
His mantra of politics without bitterness is undoubtedly what the state needs today as she goes into a critical moment in her history.
As the world celebrates Valentine’s Day, it is only apt that an apostle of love like Valentine Ozigbo is also celebrated.
Therefore, in an exclusive event in Awka today as Ozigbo celebrates Valentine’s Day with Anambra women, the rare breed of humans who play an important role in our lives.
Jude Obiora is a journalist and political analyst who lives and works in Awka.
