By Hector Spiff
The Isuikwuato District Welfare Association has
appealed for the right to produce the next governor of Abia state in the spirit
of equity, justice and fairness, noting that “the extant arrangement of power sharing on the basis of senatorial zones,
as had been adopted, since 1999, prescribed that power will return to Abia
North, as of right, in 2023. And when that happens, all concerned will consent
to ceding the chance to the good people of Isuikwuato district, who are the
rightful block to produce the next governor of Abia state.”
In a communique issued and signed
by H E, Navy Capt. CI Osondu, Chairman Isuikwuato District Welfare
Association and Chief Uzo O. Egbo (PhD) Secretary said, “We are
asking to produce a governor of Abia State, from Isuikwuato District
extraction, who will govern the entire Abia, to contribute and leave a mark in
the even development of the state”
Full excerpt of the communiquƩ is
here:
We, the people of Isuikwuato
District, comprising lsuikwuato and Umunneochi Local Government Areas,
rose from their general meeting, held on this 29th day of January, 2022, at
Umuahia and resolved as follows:
That we reaffirm our commitment
and unalloyed belief in the Abia project and also pledge our continued loyalty
to the kinetic government of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu in the state.
We reaffirm our resolve to abide
by the terms, letters and spirit of equity, justice and fairness, holding our
dear state together, as enunciated and encapsulated in the Abia Charter of
Equity. We hold that truth as constant in all situations/circumstances.
We hold that ABIA was created in
1991 on four distinct flanks of Afikpo, Bende, Isuikwuato and Aba hence the
acronym A.B.I.A.
We hold that whereas all the
contributing blocks, in the Abia project, have had a shot and produced
governors of Abia state, at different times, Isuikwuato district is the only
block yet to produce a governor.
We hold that since the state was
created in 1991, we of Isuikwuato District have not been accorded our fair
rights in the union: We have never been Governor, Deputy governor, Secretary to
the state government, Chief of Staff to the Governor and Speaker of the House
of Assembly, as provided in the Charter of Equity.
That ours have been a case of
unimaginable marginalization, denial and deprivation, especially since the
current democracy started in 1999.
We hold that Abia was not created
on the basis of senatorial zones but on divisions and districts. We therefore
believe that it is mischievous of any apologist to make believe that Abia state
comprises of only Old Aba and Old Bende divisions, without deferring to the
good people of Isuikwuato district who came from the Old Okigwe division, in
Imo state, to make up for the population requirement to create Abia, as a
state.
We hold on to the fact that our
people went on to make serious contributions towards making the creation of
Abia state a reality and for which they were recognised and rewarded by adding
the letter "I" to reflect lsuikwuato District in the name A.B.I.A.
9. We hold that our founding
fathers, from lsuikwuato District, who made history by making the
creation of Abia state possible, contributed greatly to build its notable
landmark today. The Abia State University Uturu, which was built by our own
retired Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, in the spirit and letters of the Abia Charter of
Equity.
We hold that the extant
arrangement of power sharing on the basis of senatorial zones, as had been
adopted, since 1999, prescribed that power will return to Abia North, as of
right, in 2023. And when that happens, all concerned will consent to ceding the
chance to the good people of Isuikwuato district, who are the rightful block to
produce the next governor of Abia state.
We hold that we are asking to
produce a governor of Abia State, from Isuikwuato District extraction, who will
govern the entire Abia, to contribute and leave a mark in the even development
of the state.
We hold that we have an abundance
of eminently qualified men and women, who have distinguished themselves in both
public and private service and have served, at all levels, with dignity and
integrity.
We hold that the peace and
stability of Abia state is sacrosanct and everything must be done to uphold all
the indices, which includes equity and mutual respect for her peoples.
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