A serious call by the Imo House of Assembly IMHA has gone to His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma to consider renaming Avutu poultry with the First civilian Governor of Imo state, His Excellency Late Governor Sam Onunaka Mbakwe.
Honourable members of the 10th House , Imo House of Assembly IMHA made this plea at a plenary held Tuesday afternoon.
In his motion, Honourable member representing Obowo state constituency in IMHA and a third time ranking member of IMHA, Rt Hon Kennedy Ibe, tagged, “Motion to urge his Excellency to immortalize Sam Mbakwe by establishing a Tertiary Institution or campus of Imo state University in obowo, as “Sam Mbakwe Campus” Obowo, requested the support of co- Honourable colleagues for the speedy acceleration of his motion.
Nothing that Sam Mbakwe served Imo State so selflessly across the nooks and cranies of Imo state with durable legacy projects never sited any state institution in his home’s soil Obowo LGA, Obowo has therefore remained underdeveloped and marginalized.
Kennedy Ibe further noted that the underdevelopment and marginalization was by successive administrations in Imo having no single state owned enterprise albeit Avutu poultry which also was paralyzed shortly after Dee Sam Mbakwe’s tenure and today is completely dead and buried leaving Obowo LGA, socioeconomically comatosed.
The motion was supported by Sixteen (16) other Honourable members in resolve that the Honourable House will urge His Excellency to recover Obowo from socio-economic atrophy by the establishment of a Tertiary Institution in obowo and name same after Sam Mbakwe.
Member representing Owerri West in IMHA and Majority Leader, Hon Kanayo Onyemaechi (Egbe) added his voice in support of the Motion moved by a third time IMHA member, Rt Hon Kennedy Ibe to urge his Excellency to immortalize Sam Mbakwe by establishing a Tertiary Institution or a campus of Imo state University in obowo as “Sam Mbakwe Campus” Obowo.
In his voice, Hon Comrade Ikpamezie representing Ikeduru state constituency enlarged the opinion of the House to give Avutu a full blown name bearing Sam Mbakwe University and not just an off campus of IMSU Agriculture department as the Chief sponsor of the motion, Hon Kennedy has earlier moved.
Speaking with 9News Nigeria IMHA correspondent, some Imo stakeholders interviewed suggested that Avutu poultry can betterstill be named Sam Mbakwe International Poultry or Sam Mbakwe University of Agriculture and Veterinary studies Obowo.
While acknowledging the amendment as suggested by some law makers IMHA, the mover of the motion ,Rt Hon Kennedy Ibe acknowledged the contribution of his Honourable colleagues and immediately amended his motion by expanding its content in urging His Excellency to establish a tertiary institution in obowo and name it Dee Sam Mbakwe .
He also called for the road habilitation of the bad condition of roads that traversed the entire Obowo LGA named Dee Sam road.
Kennedy Ibe also noted that for twenty (21) years Dee Mbakwe passed on, Governor Uzodinma made a resounding history for being the only governor that remembered to renovate and reconstruct the entire Sam Mbakwe ‘s country home. He applauded the governor for this wonderful feat.
Hon Speaker Olemgbe reminded the IMHA that His Excellency Governor Uzodinma renovated the entire country home of Sam Mbakwe’s family 21 years he passed on. The speaker added that Late Governor Mbakwe established alot of signature legacies across the then old Imo state comprising of Imo, Abia and Ebonyi states enbloc.
The House also resolved to direct the commissioner in charge of Ministry of works to insure the rehabilitation of the only tarred road in Obowo that traverses six communities built by Dee Sam Mbakwe.
This motion if considered and given the accelerated approval, will definitely help to develop the Obowo Okigwe axis. But Hon Obinna Egu representing Ngor Okpala state constituency reminded the House on the validation of massive acquisition of land in Ngor Okpala for the establishment of proposed school cum University of Agriculture.
Egu therefore called for the development of such versed portion of land acquired by previous government in Ngor Okpala as University of Agriculture while considering given Avutu Obowo another full blown name bearing Sam Mbakwe as suggested.
-Princely Onyenwe reporting
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