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By Zika Bobby
Oko community in Anambra State is set to dedicate its remodelled Oko Civic Centre to the memory of first elected vice president, Alex Ekwueme, at a ceremony scheduled for January 5, 2024.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo is the special guest and would declare the centre open.
A statement signed by Reuben Muoka, chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee, said dignitaries from across the country, including political associates, families and friends of the former number two man would attend the event.
The statement said preparatory to the immortalisation of the statesman, a select group of Oko indigenes, known as Ide Memorial Group, led by Handel Okoli, former special assistant to former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Special Duties, has provided the financial resources to transform the community’s Civic Centre into a multi-million, multipurpose centre.
Okoli said the event would be a commemoration of the life and times of the former vice president, and a major step by the Oko community to immortalise a man of sterling qualities, who meant everything in the lives and development of the community and Nigeria in general.
He said Ben Okoye (Onwa Nnewi), chief executive officer of Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Limited, would chair the event.
The Oko community leadership, led by the Igwe of Oko, Laz Ekwueme, Eze Ijikala II, and the Oko People’s Union, led by Luke Nweke, are in collaboration with the Alex Ekwueme Memorial Group, to host guests at the event.
