Immediate
past governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Ahamefule Orji (CON),
has decried the divisive politics in Abia State saying it’s harmful to
the unity and virtues of the state as well as inhibits development.
He
also cautioned Abia politicians on the need to play politics cautiously
putting into considerations the fragility of the society noting that
politics is not a do or die undertaking.
In
a statement signed by his Senior Media Adviser, Don Norman Obinna, the
senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District also admonished
the youths on the dangers of being a willing tool in the hands of
desperate politicians urging them to eschew violence as well as actions
that will engender hatred and conflict among them as no meaningful
development can be achieved and sustained in hostile environment.
The
former governor also took exception at the level of hate messages and
propagandas being sponsored and circulated in the media by some
disgruntled elements wondering if their desire was to cause
conflagration in Abia State.
He
pleaded with the purveyors of these evil news designed to cause dismay
among Abians to rather emulate him and other well meaning Abians in
promoting the spirit of excellence by investing positively on the
youths through meaningful empowerment programmes and scholarship schemes
to ensure their brighter futures.
“Instead
of painting before our youths a state without future, why don’t we
support the government in harnessing the potentials that abound in Abia
State to the best rewarding proportion? Instead of sponsoring lies
against the government on traditional and social media thereby stoking
up the polity, let’s educate the youths on how to set up small scale
businesses through seminars and workshops and support them
financially,” Sen. Orji said.
Sen.
Orji who maintained that leaders are not imposed on the people but
emerge from them however noted that a state reproduces its kind adding
that the kind of State we create and nurture today will determine the
quality of the leaders that will emerge tomorrow.
He
however praised the Abia youths for being law abiding in the face of
the present economic hardship as a result of the recession and further
assured those with innovative ideas of his support. He also challenged
undergraduates in his constituency to take advantage of his annual
scholarship scheme to make themselves relevant in the society stressing
that education is the only thing that brings the child of a rich man
and that of the poor to the same table.
He
furthermore reaffirmed his objective to eliminate class status and
enthrone egalitarianism in his constituency through his annual
scholarship scheme and other various youth empowerment programmes
which have so far produced over 1000 beneficiaries.
(source: Authority Newspaper)