- The State governor, Alex Otti, says Onu’s death as “a huge loss to Abia state, Ebonyi State, the Igbo nation and Nigeria as a whole”,
Abia State Government has expressed shock and sadness over the death her first Civilian Governor of the state, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
The State governor, Alex Otti, says Onu’s death was a massive loss to Abia state, Ebonyi State, the Igbo nation and Nigeria as a whole, disclosing that Onu would be immortalise.
Otti in a press statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, said Onu was “one of such living statesmen with the character, carriage and statesmanly disposition required to reposition the nation for the better.”
According to Governor Otti, “Dr. Ogbonnaya was a gentleman and statesman with rich experience and wealth of knowledge, and was very outstanding in his character, comportment and engagements.”
The statement further read:”Even though he held public offices both as a Governor and Minister respectively at difficult times, he was never associated with conducts or controversies capable of diminishing his reputation and personality.
“We are therefore, saddened by his demise at a time his statesmanly contributions and interventions were needed in Nigeria”, Otti lamented.
Governor Otti promised that Abia would honour and immortalise Dr Onu by ensuring that “the democratic journey he started in Abia as a Civilian Governor many years ago is advanced to a level where the welfare and well-being of Abians would be made an institutionalised priority at all times.”
Otti implored today’s politicians to imitate Onu’s model of decency, decorum and contentment in public service as a way of ensuring sanity in our body polity
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