The Deputy Chairman of Bende Local Government Area, Hon. Promise Uzoma Okoro has reacted few minutes after the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu approved persons as commissioner nominees.
The deputy on his official Facebook account said;
Governor Ikpeazu has carried Abia Youths along in Political Positions.
Reading through the cyber space this morning and seeing all manner of antagonistic posts as a result of the 27 name Commissioner nominees, I disagreed with the exponents that our Amiable Governor Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has not carried the Youths Along.
Governor Ikpeazu’s Government has been Youthcentric as well as Oldcentric, there is mixture of the Old and young in the Administration of Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu.
There will always be the old, so that if the youthful exuberance of the Youths reach certain crescendo, the old can Intervene and save the Situation.
Governor Ikpeazu is not a Spirit nor a Computer to know the age bracket of names forwarded or recommended for a Political Position by Stakeholders from the Various Local Government Areas.
Let me also let some of us know that Political Positions are given as a surprise, the beneficiaries do not even know that their names will be on such list until the announcement is made.
Under Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, we have seen a Commissioner who was a Bachelor even till the end of his reign.
Commissioner’s list Should not be the only yardstick to judge a Leader, other offices Should be used too before a Conclusion is made.
The last Local Government Election saw the emergence of Youths between the ages of 25-30 as Councillors, Chairmen and Deputies
If we celebrated the Governor in the last Local Government Election, then we must not Condemn him , but rather lobby for more for the Youths.
Myself for Example, I am a Youth and today am an Elected Deputy Chairman , I will continue to Appreciate the Governor for carrying us along.
It is normal to criticize, but such criticism must not be destructive but rather construtive.
To my fellow Youths, if you think you are matured for anything, take a step and go for it, don’t allow anybody to look down on you as a result of your age.
Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has been trying his best to carry the Youths of Abia along in the Distribution of Political offices in the State.
All we have to do is to Appreciate the Governor for what he has done, and then request for more.
Promise Uzoma Okoro
September 12th 2021.
