BIG BLOW TO EBONYI GOVERNMENT AS SENATOR ONWE BOWS OUT.

The intellectual outputs of the first administration of Governor David Nweze Umahi were products of one man.

The slogan "Akubaraoha is working, Ebonyi is on the rise", is a brainchild of that same man.

At cabinet meetings of the Ebonyi state government there was one man in whose absence the meeting couldn't go on.

He was so pivotal that at the end of the tenure the Governor called him " the men in man".

And that is who he is, he is many men rolled into one man. Energetic, articulate and highly cerebral, the London-trained Doctor of Law is the most qualified person to have held any position of trust in Ebonyi State.

For three brief months, Senator Onwe Emmanuel had served in the Nigerian Senate but left legacies others haven't left in years. He had actually won the election but was rigged out by the powers that be. Used to a system that works and hoping that Nigeria is redeemable, he took the case up from the election petition tribunal up to the highest court in the country, the Supreme Court. It was there the truth eventually prevailed, initially, and Dr. Onwe was declared the duly elected Senator.

Senate President David Mark refused to swear him in but eventually the courts once again prevailed. Yet the losers continued lobbying and soon after three months the Supreme Court, with orders from the highest offices in our country reversed their own judgement, a legal and constitutional aberration that left much to be desired.

It was already time for the next election. In 2011. And when Senator Onwe contested and was winning the first contest, INEC decided to cancel the elections, a broad day robbery that history will never forget. With threats to his life, Senator Onwe refused to partake in the next sham.

In 2015, he singlehandedly delivered Ikwo to Engr Dave. And when Engr Dave came knocking on his door asking that he help him lead Ebonyi state, begging for his intellectual support, Senator Onwe consulted his people. His people begged him to accept. To serve, that service to the people at any level is a worthy endeavour. And he did accept, and left his footprints everywhere. A men in man. In the four years he was the commissioner for Information and State Orientation he consistently won the best political appointee in Governor Dave's administration.

In the election of 2019, he did it again. He delivered for Engr Dave, served as the campaign publicity director once again and secured a second victory for our governor.

Again, Governor Dave came knocking. But Senator Onwe said no. I'm not the only one in Ebonyi State, he stated. Let others contribute their quota too.

But Senator Onwe will be highly missed by all Ebonyians. Who will speak for the masses at those cabinet meetings? Senator Onwe Emmanuel, a very humble man, is bowing out but in so doing he's delivered a heavy blow to Ebonyi and to the Ebonyi State Government.

Yet he is not leaving without leaving successors. He has trained many in the art of effective leadership. He's leaving, a hero, an embodiment of how it should be done, a men in man.

By Ugonna Utulor.

I have heard so much about the man called Senator Onwe. Great guy. Ebonyi will surely miss him.

Lalasticlala take a look at this.

which lga is he from

meeky007:
which lga is he from

Ikwo

You dedicated a whole page praising one man.

Is he God

That's how your brothers up north was shouting sai baba sai baba....today they all quiet because the ineffectual president has run the country to nothingness.

Finally Achebe was right..