CHIEF Daniel Okeke (MEZIE ABIA): THE BEACON OF HOPE FOR AROCHUKWU/OHAFIA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY:- ENGR. ADIMOHA
It was a very rewarding session with Chief Dan Okeke when I paid him a visit at his residence in PortHarcourt. Rewarding and revealing in the sense that it afforded me the one-on-one opportunity to further ask questions, seek answers and get guarantees from him about his political stock.
This erudite but humble politician, if he must be called a politician, comes across to me as a technocrat in politics and a very very honest man who feels empathy and compassion for his people. I was not surprised therefore when he condemned some lawmakers who argue that their job is just to make laws when indeed lawmaking alone is not enough for the youths and other suffering constituents.
The best laws that you can make for a hungry and impoverished people is to give them employment, provide healthcare services, education, build good roads, etc. Hence Constituency Projects must be attracted and supervised to fruition, not embezzling the funds meant for these projects.
If after making beautiful laws in Abuja and the farm roads and the other local roads are hardly passable during rainy seasons, how is farming possible and how are other economic activities that rely on transportation possible?
Chief Dan has been in the business of philanthropy, empowering the youths and giving scholarships to indigent students of his constituency. Currently, he has attracted two roads to Ihechiowa and Mkporo. He will do more and more when he gets to the House of Representatives.
I say this because I know him so well.
We cannot continue to have thugs and stone-hearted “representatives” who go to Abuja for selfish reasons and only come back home to their constituents during elections to hand them peanuts and more promises, only for the suffering constituents to find out soon after the election that between promises and performance there’s a chasm. He is not in that mold. Chief Dan comes highly recommended.
Chief Dan, in one word, seeks to promote the welfare of his people. He is down to earth. He is as honest as he is compassionate. There is no better time to put such a humane persona to use than now. We must put our best foot forward.
Let us send Chief Dan to go for us. He is tested and can be trusted.
Engr Emma Uche Adimoha
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