Obinna Uchendu Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has said that he will not be a party to stopping any Federal Lawmaker from the State from going back in 2027 except the persons uses his hand to stop himself.
Governor Nwifuru made the declaration at the weekend during the Thanksgiving Service and Empowerment programme organized by the Senator representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial zone, Senator Kenneth Eze at Amagu, Ezza South LGA, Ebonyi State.
He urged those warming up to replace the Lawmakers in the next election to wait as the State Government does not have anything against the serving lawmakers that will stop them from going back.
“The present National Assembly members are all doing well and we have nothing against them. And as a leader of the Party, I will not be the one to start generating crisis in my house and I won’t be ready to fund crisis in my house”.
“So those who wants to replace them, you need to wait. If God says that any of the National Assembly members will not go back, it’s not going to be your making but theirs.
“Anybody that God doesn’t want to go back, God will package it in such a way that none of us will be blamed, because, I don’t want to be blamed.
“I won’t reject going for a second tenure, so I won’t stop any other person from going for a second tenure”, Governor Nwifuru concluded.
“For the first time, all the National Assembly members from the State, are doing well, especially in human empowerment, infrastructure development and good relationship with the people.
Governor Nwifuru commended the lawmakers for the cooperation and unity that exist among them despite Party differences, describing it as the first of its kind.
“At this particular point in time, God blessed Ebonyi State with good leaders at the National Assembly. For the first time, all our National Assembly members are doing exceptionally well in the area of Human empowerment, infrastructure development and good relationship with the people.
“The members of the National Assembly are very unassuming and more importantly, the cooperation and unity that exist among them, dispute that they are in different political parties. They don’t have time to gossips against themselves.”
He urged those that have commenced consultation ahead of the 2027 to have a rethink, as according to him, the time is still too far.
“It’s too early to start discussing 2027 now. So, don’t start now to waste your money and time doing consultation”, he advised.
Senator Kenneth Eze in his speech, said he initiated the empowerment programme to complement the efforts of the Governor who he said had rolled out so many empowerment programmes for the people of Ebonyi State since he assumed office.
He thanked the Governor for honoring the invitation despite his tight schedules, saying, he won’t take it for granted.
Some of the items distributed by the Senator includes 14 Mini Buses, 2 Toyota Sienna Cars, 4 Toyota Corolla Cars, 100 Motorcycles , 40 Tricycles and 100 Grounding Machines.
Others includes 100 Sewing Machines,150 Spraying Machines, 14 Big Freezers, 12 Laptops for Students,10,000 bags of Rice 5kg, 100 bags of 25kg rice, 50 bags of 50kg rice, 2000 bags of fertilizer and 100 cartons of liquid fertilizer, Thousands of Exercise books for schools across the zone, among other items.
