Senator Shehu Sani, who recently represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the Senate, has commended the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the unique leadership role he plays in promoting good governance, peace, justice and national unity, disclosing that the governor has touched the lives of many people not only in the state but also beyond.
Sani said that Governor Ugwuanyi is “a friend for which Enugu State has become a home not only for the people of South East Zone, but also for the people of Nigeria.”
Delivering his goodwill message during the second edition of “Handshake Across Nigeria” in Enugu, organised by Nzuko Umunna, Senator Sani told Governor Ugwuanyi that he has done marvelously in office, despite numerous challenges in the country, in providing quality leadership and peaceful atmosphere in Enugu State, and making the state a safe place for indigenes and non-indigenes. The Nzuko Umunna’s Handshake Across Nigeria 2 in Enugu, themed: “Building Bridges for a New Nigeria” was also graced by Governor Ugwuanyi; Imo State deputy governor, Prof. Placid Njoku, who represented Governor Hope Uzodimma; the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; the Enugu State governor-elect, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah; former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse; vocal lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the Secretary to Ebonyi State Government, Chief Kenneth Igwe Ugbala, who represented Governor David Umahi, among other dignitaries.
The event, which was the brain child of disruptive Igbo global Think Tank and Professionals, committed to expanding friendships and cementing bonds between Ndigbo and other nationalities of Nigeria to raise the bar of profiling the country’s diversities as a source of strength rather than weakness, witnessed the formal presentation of a book, “Nzuko Umunna Chronicles” as well as the inauguration of new executives of the non-partisan body of committed optimists, under the leadership of Prof. Chinedu Nebo.
The host governor, Ugwuanyi was equally eulogised by the Tor Tiv, Prof. Ayatse, Ozekhome and Prof. Nebo for his bridge-building initiative, hospitality, commitment to peace, justice and national unity as well as his administration’s unprecedented rural development trajectory in the state.