The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Daman Plaza, Sir Dr Davis Ako Obioma, has congratulated traditional rulers in Umuopara community for the successful celebration of 2024 new yam festival.
Chief Obioma used the opportunity to call on Governor Alex Otti to pay outstanding debt to contractors handling Umuopara Ring road to enable them go back to the site.
Obioma made call at the 2024 new yam festival held at Ogbodiukwu primary and secondary schools.
He thanked Umuopara monarchs for considering his role in attracting and constructing of Ogbodi Ukwu and Umuopara ring roads, including human capital development projects as reasons for their choice of conferring on him s chieftaincy title.
He also commended the traditional rulers for their role in electing his younger brother, Hon Emeka Obioma, to the Abia House of Assembly and for their support for voting and supporting Dr Alex Otti-led government.
“As I have redeemed most of my pledges to Umuopara monarchs, including the N500,000 my younger brother, Hon Emeka Obioma, pledged during his electioneering campaign, I promise to continue to support you in all your efforts to develop and maintain peace in Umuopara.
He, however, wondered the rationale behind the discordant tunes concerning Umuopara Ring road, stressing that this underscored the need to react in order to set the record straight.
Chief Obioma added that the construction of the road was his only request in 1998 to back Dr Orji Uzor Kalu’s quest to govern Abia in 1999.
“It was my only request in 1998 to Dr Orji Kalu exactly in Ogbodinibe primary school when i brought him there as he came to seek our support for his election. It’s worthy to note that i initiated, designed and named it Umuopara ring road.
He, however, regretted that Orji Kalu as a governor failed in that promise and it remained his only misunderstanding with him, expressing delight that Senator T.A. Orji accepted his request and awarded it in addition to my request for Ogbodiukwu community roads.
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