27/4/21

..AND ANAOCHA STOOD STILL FOR SENATOR PATRICK IFEANYI UBAH.

The sight at Orjiakor primary school field Adazi-Nnukwu, was akin with that which beholds Palm Sunday.
It was April 26th, and the bright sun was elegantly sitting in the sky above and casting its warm radiance on the many beautifully decorated canopies and podium in the field. Anaocha Men, Women and Youth trooped out in their large numbers, each carrying some newly cut branches of green leaves, which symbolizes the fresh breath that would soon permeate into the ailing political and economic lungs of Anambra State. Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Uba is in town within the Anaocha local government council, as part of his thank you visit and declaration tour to all the 21 local government councils, to announce his candidacy for the upcoming gubernatorial election. Bouts of chatters and laughters intermittently breaks forth among the groups gathered, as they ardently awaited to usher in the leader and savior whom is expected to rescue the State from the strong grip of a known cabal, which has strangulated the economy and bled our resources on frivolities.

Distinguished Sen Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah needs no introduction when it comes to pulling resources together for common good. At a time when a greater percentage of Anambra families who depended on kerosene for their domestic needs couldn't get the commodity due to scarcity unprecedented in our history, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, an oil mogul, brought in vessels laddened with the commodity, and commenced a statewide free delivery of the precious oil. The then Governor Peter Obi could not contain his joy and in some places, smiley partook in their distributions to citizens.

The narrative on Ubah's magnanimity is endless, and for want of space, a special focus would only be accorded on his roles in assisting people living with sickle cell disease, and sensitization. When the Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disorder, couldn't adequately ferry her counsellors to cover some communities and groups in their stand against sickle cell ignorance, it was through Ubah's donation of a vehicle that made the journeys much easier, and the association was able to recorded successes. Sen Ubah also extended his support to equip a vocational and skill acquisition training center for members of the association. Sewing machines and other equipments has been handed over to persons living with sickle cell disease, who completed their training courses and can now deploy their knowledge into productivity and economic sustenance for themselves and their families. These set of people were hitherto forgotten, rejected and abandoned by a society and State government that continues to play politics with their welfares. Sen. Ubah's love for the underprivileged knew no bounds, sickle cell orphans and underprivileged are now heaving sighs of relief because he constantly stocks the sickle cell home Agulu with foodstuffs and other material items, where he recently donated a chest freezer. Construction works has began in earnest at the site for the National Center for sickle cell disease control and research Aguata, courtesy of Sen. Ubah who moved an appealing motion to that effect in the higher national assembly, where he represents the good people of Anambra South in the drive for economic recovery and development.

Even if I should exhaust my ink listing the many altruisms of this towering enigma, I would barely succeed at scratching the surface alone, but an unbiased and independent check by the able reader would help allay every doubts and cynicism about the sincerity of Sen. Ubah to provide Anambra State with the needed infrastructures to compete with other developed societies.

Edozie Maduagwu.