Chief Barrister Willie Amadi, a legal practitioner, environmentalist, seasoned politician and member of the Imo Council Of Elders has raised the bar on the question of IMO PARADOX!
Speaking with cross of politicians from different political party affiliations, it was affirmed that High Chief Ukwa Achiaka stirred the bees hornet again with his provocation of another pleasant dimension of the Imo Charter of Equity.
This time, his brilliant thoughts are concerning the distribution of elective and appointive offices in Imo State, focusing on the agitation of different regions mainly the deprived enclaves in terms of development and power sharing even though he didn’t mentioned Ohaji of the Owerri Province.
Ohaji, being the most sensitive region of Imo State cannot be wished away in the scheme of things given their contributions to both the State and National treasury. the entire federation.
Therefore, it is unacceptable that Ohaji has never been considered for any vantage positions in Imo and at the federal level despite their abundant human and material endowments and virtues.
This fact have been agitating the minds of the people of the area especially and their well-wishers same as the Isu Nation, as they know that their sons and daughters have participated actively in the making of governments both at the local and national levels since the creation of Nigeria.
This is the conviction and motivation of Ohaji people in supporting their son Chief Charles Orie to keep pushing his aspiration to contest the next governorship election in Imo State, believing that he has the capacity, experience, resources, goodwill, vast human and material support base across the three zones and especially the blessings of God and the land of Imo, to undertake the challenges of the project.
Ohaji, Mbaike, Uratta, Ngor Okpala and Mbaise, being part of Owerri Province, are beholden of this fate in Imo and therefore should work together to break the jinx by 2027.
Unfortunately, this region with much potentials are evidently lacking cohesion when it comes to the business of supporting one another in politics to achieve collective results in the best interests of their people.
Unbundling the IMO PARADOX should be the major assignment for the Imo Elders Council in the subsequent discussions around the basket of the charter, and that is exactly the burden of Chief Charles Orie who is expectedly willing to answer the call of his people to declaring his interest to run for the office of Governor in the next election.
The Charter of Equity has done well by providing the pathway to addressing this political imbalance against Owerri Province but, will the people of this region understand the need to work together this time without segregations? This is the big question ❓
The reality is that, as 2027 draws near, a competent candidate from Ohaji stands the chance to clinch the coveted trophy given Ohaji’s strategic position in-between Orlu and Owerri zones and it is obvious that this factors will play very crucial role in the 2027 election to solving the agitations in the balance of power.
Finally, the Ohaji advocacy becomes potent and stringent as Okigwe zone would prefer that power does not go to Owerri zone given the wide vicious contention of “who goes first”, under the Charter of Equity.
On the above quake therefore, the Imo Elders Council have opened the debate for equitable distribution of political offices in Imo. The regions from Owerri Province are expected to as a matter of importance, return home to the negotiation table to discuss the paradox of Ohaji, fielding needed support for Chief Charles Orie’s gubernatorial aspiration.
-Princely Onyenwe reporting
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