By Iheanyi Enwerem
The Deputy Governor of Imo State Lady Chinyere Ekomaru, has called on Imolites to go back to farming, stressing that this is one of the solutions to eradicating hunger in the State.
Ekomaru made this assertion while interacting with delegation of Home Economics and Hospitality Management Department, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, who paid her courtesy visit in her office, on Tuesday.
” We all have to go back to the days of having a garden in our homes, you can cultivate tomatoes, vegetables and other items. If we all go back to farming hunger will reduce”.
She opined Furthermore she described the Governor Sen. Hope Uzodimma as a man with foresight, “Our Governor, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma is a man with insight, hindsight and foresight. A man who singlehandedly favoured me to come and ride with him, to the point I am here today.
“He is a governor that has passion and wants the state to be better than he met it and has been working very hard towards that.A governor who has restored stability, love and what governance used to be. A Governor who has many packages to turn Imo into Nigeria’s Dubai and which by his grace that will surely manifest in the next four years”
The deputy governor said the governor picked up Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education and has done mighty things with the staff, in the area of structure and nomenclature, as well as the infrastructure of the higher institution.
She disclosed that the governor is still interested in Alvan and as the day goes, he will keep unfolding his plans and desire to meet the standard of a University that has been running for about twenty years, “though we just started as a University”
The number two citizen of Imo State noted that God has been doing great things in the Home Economics and Hospitality Management department of the institution, from where He picked their former Head of Department, Dr. Stella Nlemchi (now Professor) and made her Provost of the College, and further elevated her to the position of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Admin who is currently running the university, even as the same God also chose her as the deputy governor of the state, from the same department.
“The department has maintained its integrity, churning out wonderful girls, wonderful wives, who can stand out anywhere and when you give them any challenge like becoming the deputy governor, they hit the ground running.
“I want to finish in this assignment with a good legacy. I want to make you proud and make the entire womenfolk proud”, the deputy governor enthused. Earlier in the address of the department read by its head and leader of the delegation, Dr. Mrs Cynthia Mbah, said they came to extend their congratulations in person to the deputy governor for her elevation.
While saying that the memories the deputy governor left behind will not be forgotten in a hurry, she expressed confidence that God will empower her with the capabilities to deliver on her assignment, while promising their solidarity and support in the discharge of her duties.
Adding his voice, one of the leaders in the department, Dr. Alphonsus Ukozo described the department as the fulcrum of the University, whose members embodies; Resilience, hard work, vision and dedication. Qualities he said are inherent in the deputy governor, as well as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University.
