By Kelechi Uzoma 08064075316
Ahead of the APC primary election this week, I have decided to look at factors that will influence the Okigwe Zone APC Delegates to choose the current Senator Frank Ibezim that represents the good people of Imo North at the Red chamber of the national Assembly.
It will be a thing of joy for the wonderful people of Okigwe Zone APC to return Senator Frank Ibezim as it's flag bearer in the next week primary election because of what he has done within the short period of one year at the national Assembly.
Handing the APC party ticket to Senator Frank Ibezim will not only be the gain of APC as a party but the entire Okigwe Zone as the federal lawmaker has shown himself able and capable of leading the zone to the promised land.
The federal lawmaker has been consulting wildly with the people and strengthening relationship, as well as building bridges for new ones having known that the destiny of Okigwe zone lies in his hands to consolidate on the numerous impacts he has made within this one year in office.
It is also important to bring to your notice that the first tenure of every legislator is seen as a period of legislative education in which the first timer isn't allowed to perform certain duties or occupy sensitive positions but his case is different as he has within the short period endeared himself to his colleagues at the national Assembly.
He has performed his duties both as a new senator mastering the art of legislation and it will be an uphill task to send someone who will begin to learn the process all over again
Senator Frank Ibezim has used the past few month at the national Assembly, to gather legislative experience which will be very useful to him and his constituents in 2023.
If Senator Frank Ibezim is elected for a second term, he has the chances of emerging a ranking senator of the national Assembly which will benefit our people more than when you send a novice.
The people of Okigwe zone will make the greatest mistake if a political neophyte or green horn is allowed to go into the national Assembly in 2023.
The consequences will be unbearable to our generations yet unborn.
Senator frank Ibezim remains the answer for the long wait for the people of Okigwe zone Senatorial district to produce not just a ranking senator but a principal officer at the national Assembly in 2023.
The people of Okigwe zone Senatorial district should not make the mistake of sending a first timer to go and begin to learn the rope when Senator Frank Ibezim has already mastered the terrain and had made good use of his being a member of the national Assembly to better the lives of the people of Okigwe zone.
Let me cease this opportunity to inform the delegates of Okigwe zone that it's only senator frank Ibezim that has the capacity to sustain the campaign against whoever the PDP will present in 2023.
The election will hold in February next year and methink that the people of Okigwe zone needs Senator frank Ibezim to use every available resources to sustain whatever the Opposition will bring on board.
Senator frank Ibezim has a sustainable youth empowerment programmes ongoing in the whole of Okigwe zone and it's will only be wise to allow the man complete the numerous projects he has keyed Okigwe zone into.
Senator Frank Ibezim has facilitated Federal Government Employment of so many of his constituents, apart from obtaining their appointment letters, not less than 300 persons are programmed to undergo documentations for various federal jobs in Aviation, Ministry of Education, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Road Safety and National Task Force among others.
While he's preparing for the take off of the construction of Okigwe Power Transmission Sub Station which his first motion catalyzed, Senator Frank Ibezim has been able to facilitate the construction of a Solar Power Plant for Ehime Mbano and Ihitte Uboma LGAs and another, targeted for Okigwe North is on the way.
Attracted Five Federal Government Intervention Funds Which Benefitted People Variously Across The 6 LGAs Of Okigwe Zone.
Established Constituency Offices Which Have Employed Officers And Given Training To Constituents On Different Areas Of Entrepreneurship.
Secured Federal Government Jobs(Employment) To Quite A Number Of His Constituency Members And Contracts To Others.
Donated Classroom Libraries To 18 Primary Schools, Motivated Teachers With Stipends, As A Pilot Program To Its National Spread and Sensitized The Pupils/School Community Against Drug Abuse Particularly The Methamphetamine Hydrochloride Called Mkpurummiri In Igbo Parlance.
Attracted The Installation Of The First Solar Power Plant For Use By Okigwe South Component Of Imo North At Ihite Uboma LGA While That For Okigwe North Is Being Worked Out.
Launched The Senator Frank Ibezim Football Academy For Support To Talented Football Enthusiasts Of The Constituency Which Engagements Already Started.
Gave Different Levels Of Financial Support To Constituents And Partnered with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to visit with support the Amauzari Community, Market and Victims Of The Flood Disaster.
Donated Transformers And Boreholes To Some Communities.
Facilitated The Visit Of The Inspection Teams Of The EEDC, NERC, NDDC and TCN To The Okigwe Power Transmission Sub Station Site, Down To Ohiya, Umuahia Power Station.
It is on record that the NDDC is currently drawing a direct line from Ohiya, Umuahia Station to Malaysia Market, while EEDC takes it up through Ihitte Uboma to the Open University at Ezeoke Nsu in Ehime Mbano decongesting Obowo for service to its sorroundings while the commitment of the TCN is secured to expeditiously install a full capacity mobile Power Transmission Station at the Okigwe Power Transmission Sub Station site, along the Okigwe- Umuahia area of the Enugu- PorrHarcourt Express Road, to serve Okigwe, Onuimo, Isiala Mbano, Arondizuogu and part of Orlu to free the Egbu Station to effectively serve Owerri axis.
This breakthrough in power supply by Ibezim is a historic milestone deserving our applause.
*Partnered with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to sponsor a 6- Day Free Medical Outreach in 18 Centers in Imo North Senatorial District.
I am of the strong opinion that if he could achieve this much and solving the agelong power supply problems in Okigwe zone, he deserves to return to the Senate to consolidate the achievements and use his ranking status to do more for Imo North Senatorial District.
Kelechi Uzoma is a practicing journalist and public affairs analyst based in Owerri, the Imo State Capital.
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