The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has written
to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to bestow honours on two
of the state’s indigenes.
Obiano said the chairmen of Air Peace, Barr Allen Onyema and
Innoson Vehicle Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma are worthy of honours for their
contributions to national development.
Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public
Enlightenment, Mr C.Don Adinuba who disclosed the content of the letter said Obiano described the contribution of the two indigenes of the
state to national development as ‘path changing.
Part of Obiano’s letter to Buhari read, “These two gentlemen are deserving of everything in gold. They have changed the narrative of Nigeria’s development for the better.
“The whole nation remembers with nostalgia how Chief Onyema
sent his wide-bodied aircraft to South Africa two years ago to bring back free
of charge hundreds of Nigerians stranded in the country when South Africans
launched xenophobic attacks on our fellow countrymen.
“He invested a fortune in it and ensured that Air Peace
maintained the highest standards in the world in terms of the state of the art
equipment, safety, staff training, as well as ground and in-flight services,”
he said.
Speaking about Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Vehicles
Manufacturing (IVM), Governor Obiano described him as a revolutionary in the
country’s quest for industrial development.
“Not even the colossal government failure to sustain motor
assembly plants in Nigeria over the decades could deter this entrepreneur, who
went into business with modest means as motorcycle seller, from dreaming big
and building the nation’s first motor manufacturing firm.
“Only a tough-minded, visionary and patriotic Nigerian could
venture into industrialization on a large scale as Chief Chukwuma has done,
considering the poor state of infrastructure in the country.
“The constant and remarkable improvements in Innoson
vehicles have added to their competitiveness; they compete on both quality and
price.
“These two Anambra sons are earning foreign exchange for the
country making the whole nation proud. They are eminently deserving of the
nations highest honours for their selfless and patriotic services which will
ginger them to do more and encourage other citizens to follow in their noble
footsteps,” Obiano noted.
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