"BEWARE OF 'ASHAWO' ASPIRANTS, SUPPORT ONYENDOZI" -- OGBUEFI UMUNNAKWE

BEWARE OF 'ASHAWO'  ASPIRANTS, SUPPORT ONYENDOZI" - OGBUEFI UMUNNAKWE TO APGA

By Okey Emmanuel

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The Director General of Onyendozi Campaign Organization, Ogbuefi Jude Umunnakwe has advised APGA leadership not to listen to some aspirants coming under APGA to seek support for the office of House of Representatives come 2023. He described them as _'ashowo'_ aspirants.

The DG said this during the formal declaration of Engr Prince Promise Nnanyereugo Ike, aka Onyendozi, as an APGA aspirant for the office of Federal House of Representatives, Orumba North and South federal constituency. According to Ogbuefi, some aspirants who betrayed APGA and the Governor-elect  by working against the party and its candidate during the last governorship election in the state  are now hovering around the party pretending to have repented.

Ogbuefi recalled how these people nearly killed APGA during the guber contest by working assiduously with opposition parties. He noted that it was the quality of APGA candidate in the election, Prof Soludo, and firm support of the outgoing governor that saved APGA from being killed and buried by these unfaithful personalities.

Ogbuefi asked APGA officials and stakeholders who attended Onyendozi's declaration in Orumba North and South to support him (Onyendozi). He said that Onyendozi stood firmly with Soludo and APGA during those trial times, even spending millions of naira in support of Soludo's victory. He added that it would be very unfair for the party to ignore the antics of those virus members of the party and support them now that APGA is on the throne. He went further to say that these characters are unreliable and would be cheaply bought over against APGA even in future.

 Though Ogbuefi did not mention the names of those aspirants, he said that everyone knows who they are.

Onyendozi is a leading aspirant for the office of House of Reps, Orumba North and South Federal Constituency. He was a Grand Patrons of Soludo Solution Movement (SSM), one of the support groups that fought for Soludo's victory. Ogbuefi Umunnakwe was the National Coordinator.

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FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPS: THUNDEROUS OVATION GREETS ONYENDOZI'S DECLARATION IN ORUMBA

FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPS: THUNDEROUS OVATION GREETS ONYENDOZI'S DECLARATION IN ORUMBA

By Okey Emmanuel

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It was a carnival of some sort as Engr Prince Promise Nnanyereugo Ike, aka Onyendozi Orumba formally declared his intention to run for Federal House of Representatives, Orumba North and South Federal Constituency.

Today, March 11, 2022, Orumba North and South local government Secretariats at Ajalli and Umunze respectively - the venues of the declaration - were agog as Onyendozi's promotors and supporters storm the Secretariats in Grand style. 

Orumba North was the first port of call as all  APGA Ward Chairmen, Secretaries, Youth Leaders and Woman Leaders, as well as some party stakeholders in the local government were seated waiting for the man largely believed as the consensus aspirant for the office.

In his declaration speech, Onyendozi informed the enthusiastic hosts that he was fully prepared to contest under APGA. He described himself as a dedicated APGA member and loyalist who had sacrificed so much in promoting APGA course. Onyendozi, a grand patron of Soludo Solution Movement - one of the notable support groups that fought for Cee Cee Soludo's victory - recounted how he was fully involved in the battles that saw the emergence of the governor-elect. He told the party faithfuls to support him and not listen to some cheats in the contest who are "ashowo" members of APGA. He said in strong terms that he would never disappoint Ndi Orumba if voted into the office. He went further to promise building a befitting APGA office for the local government.

Responding to Onyendozi's declaration speech, the the APGA Chairman in Orumba North Local Government confessed that a few other aspirants had come to see them but Onyendozi's coming was peculiar and outstanding. In his words, "Onyendozi's coming _'chapúrú achapu. Esi nódú ama ihe di nkita mma'_, implying that Onyendozi's declaration is outstanding and by his level of support, it is easy to know where the pendulum would swing. 

Many other party stalworts in the local spoke, each praising Onyendozi's humility, friendliness, benevolence and simplicity.

The situation was equally as colourful at the Orumba South local government headquarters at Umunze. The large local government hall was filled to the brim with APGA officials and stakeholders who received Onyendozi's with cheers. The event was fun-filled as each participant struggled to have warm embrace with Onyendozi.

 Indeed, it is easy to infer that Onyendozi is APGA's sure candidate for the Orumba North and South Federal Constituency.

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ORUMBA NORTH & SOUTH FEDERAL HOUSE: ONYENDOZI'S EMERGENCE THICKENS AS EZIRA WARD HOSTS HIM IN GRAND STYLE.

ORUMBA NORTH & SOUTH FEDERAL HOUSE: ONYENDOZI'S EMERGENCE THICKENS AS EZIRA WARD HOSTS HIM IN GRAND STYLE.

The increasing clamour for the emergence of Engr. Prince Promise Nnanyereugo Ike, (better known as Onyendozi Orumba) as the next member of House of Representatives, Orumba North and South Federal constituency 2023, received a boost as APGA stakeholders and party leadership of Ezira Ward trouped out to receive him.

Onyendozi, who has been going round consulting with the stakeholders of Orumba North & South, as well as APGA party leadership, is believed by many Orumba people as the choice person for the post. 

Today, March 9, 2022 the Prime mover and Director General of ONYENDOZI for Federal House, Ogbuefi Jude Umunnakwe  informed curious party members in the ward that Onyendozi had consulted widely, including party stalwarts at federal, state & Local Government levels concerning this mission.  Ogbuefi also noted that the consultations have shown enormous support of APGA stakeholders for Onyendozi and that they were highly  encouraged to run for the position. With this moral boost, according to him, the team decided to come to Ezira, Onyendozi's home ward, to formally inform them of his readiness to run, as well as seek their support.

Speaking, the Ezira APGA Ward Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Udorji said that he was highly elated to hear that Onyendozi - their great son -  had made up his mind to run.  He extolled his stirling qualities, describing him as a humble, educated and successful businessman who has over the years used his personal resources to assist the needy in Orumba.  For the chairman, Onyendozi's bid to clinch the position of Orumba North and South Federal House of Representatives is Ezira's project. He called on their people to rally round him and give him overwhelming support. 

In her speech, the Woman leader of the ward, Mrs Eucheria Obiageli Udoji recalled a recent prophecy in the community which said that God would remember Ezira town with special favour in the next five years. She described Onyendozi's emergence as the fulfilment of that prophecy. She therefore pleaded with her kinsmen and women to pull all efforts together in support of their great son. She also assured Onyendozi of their prayers. 

Other prominent members of the ward, including the President General of Ezira Improvement Union, Evaristus Onwumere, the Youth leader of the ward, Mr Bathlomew Ogudo, the Orumba South APGA secretary, and many others all took turns to poor encomiums on the man Onyendozi, each describing his several admirable virtues.

Appreciating his kinsmen and women who sacrificed their days engagements to host him, Onyendozi told them that he felt so encouraged by their words and advice. He informed them that his decision to join the race was never out of mere political ambition but a divine purpose which he discovered of recent. He pledged to do everything possible never to disappoint his people and Ndi Orumba if he succeeds in getting to the green chamber in Abuja.

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FEDERAL HOUSE 2023: WHY NDI ORUMBA ARE CLAMOURING FOR ONYENDOZI

2023: WHY NDI ORUMBA ARE CLAMOURING FOR ONYENDOZI

By Okey Emmanuel

(okey.ODEWAIWAI.com)

About 30 years ago, I once visited my junior brother who was then serving as an apprentice in a motor spare parts shop in Lagos. I noticed his trading colleagues - mostly from Nnewi and Idemili - calling him Igwe Abilikete. When I later inquired why he was going by that nickname, I was told his colleagues unanimously gave him the name immediately they learned that he is from Orumba.

I could feel a nostalgic shiver through my nerves as the name Abilikete reminded me the golden days of Orumba. Those were the days when Chief TN Madu of Owerrezukala, Awgu Nwaenwe of  Isulo, Chief Ebenezer Onuigbo of Akpu, Chief Onyekwene of Ufuma, Chief Dr Alex Ekwueme, and many others gave Orumba a pride of place in the comity of political zones in the South East.

The colossus himself - Igwe Abilikete, Chief MN Ugochukwu - was the bull.

In the days of these great pillars of thought, Orumba zone had a thundering voice at all quarters where political matters were discussed. That was the active force that made the zone produce for Ndi Igbo the first and only vice president of the federal republic so far in the history of Nigerian politics.

Today, the present generation of Orumba still smells the fragrance of those golden days through landmarks like Federal Polytechnic Oko, Federal College of Education Umunze, Basden Memorial Secondary School Isulo and Niger Diocesan Hospital Uumunze.

When, one day, I came across a banner post: ONYENDOZI ORUMBA Foundation, the question that came to my mind was: can Orumba gain back its old glory? On deeper reflection, I had a thought that there's a possibility that our beloved Orumba can still gain back its pride of place in Anambra politics. That pushed me to understudy the man behind ONYENDOZI ORUMBA.

My search revealed a vibrant young man, Engr. Prince Promise Ike from Ezira, Orumba. South LGA. An Engineering graduate, this humble son of a royal blood has through his social contract with the masses helped in alleviating the suffering of many vulnerable citizens of Orumba. He has taken the boldness of empowering a generation of Orumba youths to the admiration of many. And as action begets reaction, Orumba youths are already clamouring for him to represent the zone in Abuja in the Federal House of Representatives. 

When asked why he came up with the NGO, Onyendozi, the China based business tycoon - Prince Promise - said that he's bothered by the situation of Orumba people especially the youths who are daily faced with the temptation of joining bad gang due to frustration. According to him, he had travelled to developed nations and seen strategic ways of engaging the youths in developing their talents and engaging them economically. He has also mapped out a line up of programmes for the empowerment of Orumba youths.

Perhaps, through Onyendozi Orumba, the old glory of Orumba may return.

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WISHING NDI ORUMBA HAPPY LOVERS DAY

Engr. Prince Promise Nnanyereugo Ike

Greetings, my beloved Ndi Orumba North & South. Happy seeing us alive to witness this day. HAPPY LOVERS DAY TO YOU ALL. 

Today, meditating on my love for Orumba, it reminds me of our great patriarchs who showed much love for the zone, Orumba, in their lifetime. They spent their time and resources developing the zone. They gave Orumba a pride of place, such that mentioning  Orumba in those days evoked serious respect anywhere in Anambra State. To them, Orumba matters.

Am talking of the likes of High Chief MN Ugochukwu (Abilikete of Orumba and Igwe of Igboland),  Chief Dr Alex Ekwueme (Ide Aguata na Orumba), Chief TN Madu of Owerriezukala, Awgu Nwaenwe n'Isulo, Chief Ebenezer Onuigbo of Akpu, and many others.

On behalf of myself, my family, my companies and my NGO (PRINCE ONYENDOZI FOUNDATION), I use this special day of love to pay a glowing tribute to them and all other lovers of Orumba.

My earnest desire and prayer is that the old glorious days of Orumba shall return.

God bless Orumba North & South. 

Engr. Prince Promise NnaFOUNDATIONIke

(FOUNDER/CEO, PRINCE ONYENDOZI FOUNDATION)

ONYENDOZI ORUMBA

*ONYENDOZI - A PROMISING BUD FOR THE GREATNESS OF ORUMBA PEOPLE*

By Okey Emmanuel

(@okey.ODEWAIWAI.com)

When Christ came, tantalizing the Jews with uncommon power and miracles from God, the perplexed religious Jews could not but wonder aloud: This is Elijah! Yes, the Jews had waited for the long prophesied coming back of Elijah, many years after the great prophet died.

In the like manner, Ndi Orumba have been yawning for a coming back of their great souls like Nwafor Ugochukwu (Ugofoam), Chief Ebenezer Onuigbo, the great Awgu na Isulo, T N Madu from Owerre-Ezukala, Chief Dr Alex Ekwueme, etc. These were men who spoke eloquently and loudly for Orumba when Orumba was standing tall among comity of peoples in Igbo land.

Prince Promise Nnanyereugo Chinwike Ike, better known as *Onyendozi,*  -  a man that has the blood  of Orumba greatness running through his humble nerves - promises to be that young bud emerging from the old stock. 

He may not sound like the tintinnabulation of an early morning church bell, but his show of love and concern for the common man in Orumba is already spreading like an aromatic butter on a sumptuous breakfast bread.

Perhaps, the best way to describe him is with the bible's prophecy of   

Isaiah 53:2 "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."

Though born in a royal home of Chief and Mrs Caleb Ike (Onowu Ezira, Orumba South LGA), Onyendozi chose to live a humble life in preference to swimming through the privileges of his royal birth. Indeed, in Prince Promise is a case of a boy, though born with silver spoon in his mouth, chose to dine with his bare fingers alongside the common people.

Onyendozi attended his primary school at St James Wisdom Foundation Primary School Onitsha, Awada Obosi, and his secondary school was at Bishop Crowther  Seminary Awka. These foundational Christian schools contributed so much in modelling him along the path of humble and caring life. 

He later had his university education at Anambra State University, Uli Campus, where he studied Mechanical Engineering.

Fate and divine providence took the promising Prince Promise to China after his graduation. It was while working as the CEO of PROCHRIS GLOBAL ENTERPRISE in China that God, by his infinite grace, led him to discover his calling in humanitarian service. Thereafter, he founded the Prince ONYENDOZI Foundation through which he has touched many lives.

Thousands of Ndi Orumba, especially the vulnerable - youths and the aged - are today happily spreading the good news of Onyendozi's philanthropy. For example, during the Covid 19 era, Onyendozi Foundation brought unforgettable relief to the drowning lives of many poor and needy in Orumba. The Foundation's Covid 19 Food Relief package could remind Bible students of Pharoah's maize pyramid during Joseph's reign in Egypt. We also heard the voice of widows praising the Almighty for a descent roof over their heads as Onyendozi built and delivered 3-bedroom bungalow for them.

For Orumba youths, Onyendozi Foundation is a source of succour to their youthful adventures. The annual football cup competition sponsored by the Foundation gives teeming Orumba youths the hope that source of happiness has not entirely eluded them in Nigeria. Many other youths from Orumba have also received various forms of empowerment from the foundation. Little wonder the National Youth Council of Nigerian (NYCN) recently honoured Prince (Engr.) Promise Ike with an Award of Recognition. Certainly, the youths are by this simply telling Onyendozi that his labours in touching lives positively are not passing unnoticed.

Indeed, Onyendozi is touching lives in Orumba and Ndi Orumba are watching. Through this young man, there is hope rising that God shall bring back the lost glory of Orumba in Anambra State. Only the future will tell.

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THE FELLOW FROM ADGOZO TAKES HIS PLACE AMONG INDUSTRY FELLOWS

From Joe Anatune

Today, Hon Chike Emmanuel Anyaonu will attain the pinnacle of marketing communications practice in Nigeria as he is conferred with The Fellowship of the industry by The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON). 

Chike better known as I win, You win is an embodiment of so many things. He is an astute politician and a rugged entrepreneur but advertising remains his forte. Over the years, he nurtured his Adgozo outdoor advertising Agency which he founded in Onitsha to become a national player with additional offices in Lagos and Abuja. Significant is the pool of talents who have passed under his tutelage and who have also become industry icons like him. Above all, Chike is a humanist, a catalyst , a very dependable ally and a jolly good fellow.

We congratulate him and share in his joy as he joins other industry Greats to be so honoured.

Joe C Anatune.