Eze Linus Nto Mbah, who chairs the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, has called on politicians to follow in the footsteps of Ogbonnaya Onu, who was governor of Abia State before his death, and work for national unity.
Former Umuahia governor Onu was a patriotic Nigerian who played politics without animosity, according to Mbah, who spoke at an interdenominational commendation service in his honour.
He pointed out that the previous governor had a decent amount of respect for the traditional institution and its leaders.
Remembering the first civilian governor of the state’s many accomplishments—including the establishment of a broadcasting house, newspaper, university, and college of education—Eze Mba urged lawmakers from Igboland and elsewhere in the nation to follow in the former minister’s footsteps.
According to him, the choice to have an interdenominational commendation service in honor of the former governor of Abia State was the right one.
The renaming of Abia State Polytechnic Aba after the former governor of Abia has prompted reactions from numerous students. According to them, renaming their university after Ogbonnaya Onu is completely appropriate.
Students like Chijioke Benard and Ugochi Nneka Awurum told Gistcon that they cared more about having their classes run smoothly and receiving a good education than about having their names on their diplomas.