What Uzodimma is Always Looking for at the Villa

Exactly a week today, June 25, 2023 to be precise, I read on the Political Notes column of the Cicero Section of THISDAY, THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER an article entitled – What’s Uzodimma Always Looking for at the Villa? The piece did not have a face to it, so to say. It was by-lineless.

Today in Imo State, it is no longer in doubt that Governor Hope Uzodimma has done the people proud and has earned their trust after spending three and half years in office as the chief executive.

You may not be aware, Governor Uzodimma is, unarguably, the most sought-after governor in Nigeria today. You won’t be hung if you term him Nigeria’s most powerful governor.

His strategic governance prowess, sincere and dispassionate approach to state, national and international matters, easy-going mien that oils human relationship and attracts people to him, et al, are as infectious as his looks – a very handsome man specially created by God and called Hope by his parents to bring hope to the hopeless, including the ghost writer(s).

It is important that those who do not understand the nuances of governance ask pertinent questions. If Governor Uzodimma was the only chief executive of the state who attended the decoration of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, what does that tell you? Again, what constitutes an offence in that?

As the Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Chairman of South-east Governors’ Forum, the Governor-General of All Progressives Congress (South-east), do you still need a prophet to help you understand that Governor Uzodimma’s hands should be always full?

The Villa is not a place you just visit at will without proper clearance and invitation ab initio.

During President Bola Tinubu’s electioneering, he told everyone  to ignore Governor Uzodimma at their own peril. Then again, has Mr. President complained to you, that he is tired of receiving Governor Uzodimma at the Villa or any other governor or visitor for that matter?

The government of Governor Uzodimma is impacting the people of Imo State so positively that no amount of propaganda, blackmail, slander, mischief-making and outright falsehood can stop the ship of state from anchoring successfully to its destination. Of course, November serves as another litmus test.

The people are already convinced that Governor Uzodimma is making a change and they are resolved to be part of that change. And like Seyi Wright said in his book – Choose to make a Difference – “once you begin to feel the conviction to make a change, you may be challenged and ridiculed by others who prefer the comfort zone.”

No doubt, that is the cross Governor Uzodimma is carrying to reposition Imo State that was messed up big time prior to his coming in 2020.

Oguwike Nwachuku is the CPS to Governor Uzodimma