2023: Progressives Waiting For You, Senate President Lawan Woos Southeast PDP Governor

• The Enyi 1 of Aba, HRH, Eze I. A. Ikonne conferred on the president of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan the chieftaincy title of the Onyentukwasi Obi 1 of Aba
• In his reaction, Lawan appreciated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and said to him, the stakeholders of APC are waiting to receive him in their camp
• The Senate President maintained further that the governor in his heart and through his actions was already a progressive

Abia state- Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Thursday, November 11, told the governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu that the progressives in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are waiting to receive him into their fold.

Lawan hailed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, saying he was already a progressive in his heart and actions.

The Nation reports that the Senate President spoke in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state, at a grand civic reception in honour of the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne.

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Lawan was in the state on the invitation of Governor Ikpeazu to inaugurate a factory, Enyimba Automated Shoe Company (ENASCO), at Obingwa, near Aba.

Shortly after the commissioning of the shoe factory, the convoy headed to Abia State Polytechnic in Aba, the venue of the reception, This Day also reported.

At a reception at Abia State Polytechnic in Aba, the Enyi 1 of Aba Ancient Kingdom and Prince Ikonne’s father, HRM Eze Issac Ikonne, conferred on Lawan the chieftaincy title of Onye Ntukwasi Obi (The Dependable One) in recognition of his “highly exemplary leadership qualities, meritorious service to Nigeria.

Responding to the conferment of the title, Lawan said:

“I want to say a little about our governor here, our friend. One of the earlier speakers said the governor will go to the Senate in 2023. Amen…

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“Your Excellency, I want to thank you for the opportunity to be here with you. I have listened to the remarks of Prince Ikonne on your relationship with him and I have also listened to your remarks on the relationship.

“The relationship is a progressive relationship; the relationship that is blind to differences, especially in political persuasions. But all of you are wide awake and alert to one major responsibility: to make the lives of the people here in Abia State better. And that is what we need to do everywhere.

“Your Excellency, before you go to the Senate, it doesn’t matter how we are able to work to get ourselves into a progressive forum. You are already a progressive at heart. You are a progressive in action. Your Excellency, the progressive forum is waiting.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that the Aba market which is also known as Ariaria international market is one of the most famous commercial centres in the country.

A report has it that the market is one of the biggest in Sub-Sahara Africa as it has almost everything anybody can get with money.

The market traders are mostly people from Osisioma Aba South, Aba North local government. Going by the different items sold there, it is no wonder it was nicknamed the China of Africa.

Source: Legit.ng