5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY :PROF.GREGORY IBE FELICITATE WITH ABIA STATE GOVERNOR

By Anya C. Anya

The chancellor of Gregory University Uturu Professor Gregory Ibe has felicitated with the Governor of Abia State Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu on the commemoration of year 2020 Democracy day which cumulatively marks the 5th year anniversary of the administration of Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu as the Executive Governor of God's own state

In a Goodwill message sent to the office of the Executive Governor of Abia state and made available to AFNEWS ,Prof. Gregory Ibe said "it is with joy that I write to felicitate with you and the good people of our dear state
state , as we jointly mark the 21st
edition of the celebration of our nation's nascent democracy and the 5th
anniversary of your divine emergence as Governor and Chief Servant of Abia state.While appreciating God for His unending mercies for our
nation, which has enabled us surmount innumerable daunting social, economic
and political challenges
within these 21 years of
uninterrupted democratic governance,I am particularly enthused over the value
addition of your productive five-year tenure in our state. "

In continuation, The Chancelor opted to appluad the numerous sectors where the administration have performed creditably well, in his words"My dear Governor, given our privileged common education
sector background, I can only interpret your stellar performance in critical
sectors of our state in the light of the popular quote by the founder and pioneer President
of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Who said that "A
good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others."

Subsequently, "I have been challenged by your formative policies to
complement the apparent productive efforts by offering
support through many public private partnerships, including but not limited to
such COVID-19 interventions as;
* Donation of 250 sets of COVID-19 Test Kits and 2 units of Digital Infrared Thermometers.
* Donation of 850 bags of 50 kg rice for distribution as palliatives to Abians.
* The release and
deployment of 2
ambulances to the state
Inter Ministerial committee on COVID-19
to assist in conveying
samples to test centres for diagnosis.
* The deployment of 8-man
fumigation team to assist in decontaminating
public places in Umuahia and Aba.
* The production and
donation of 1000 bottles of potent hand sanitizers
and 300 bottles of GUU
special Sniff-Sniff inhaler for distribution to Abians.
* Direct distribution of
additional 500 bags of 50
kg rice and 4000 cartons of noodles to the 17 Local
Government Councils
and some selected groups in the state."

He rated the Government high in delivery the needed dividends of democracy to citizens and equally promised to stand beside the Government in anything they are doing considered  to be in the interest of the state at large "Let me therefore thank you copiously for your pragmatic leadership in these past five
years, which has subsequently
provided a sure and solid foundation for the emergence of a truly great Abia state of
our collective dream.
Going forward sir, please do receive assurances of my sustained support.