Mr Godwin Ezeemo, a Progressive
People’s Alliance (PPA) chieftain, on Friday urged the Federal
Government to upgrade the status of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, to a
University of Technology.
Ezeemo was the PPA Governorship
Candidate in November 18, 2017, governorship election in Anambra.
He made the call, while speaking with newsmen in Oko on the sideline of the funeral service of former Vice
President Alex Ekwueme at St John the Divine Anglican Church, Oko, in
Orumba North Local Government Area.
He said that the upgrade of the
polytechnic should be done as an honour to the late Ekwueme for his
uncommon patriotism, in spite of the renaming of Federal University,
Ndufu-Ikwo in Ebonyi after the Second Republic Vice-President.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had
announced the renaming of the university after Ekwueme during the
funeral service, to immortalise him for his contributions to national
development.
Ezeemo noted that Federal Polytechnic,
Oko, was the late elder statesman’s brainchild.
According to him, Ekwueme’s efforts
which brought infrastructural and educational development to the
area, earned the title `Ide Aguata’.
He further commended Nigerians who came
from far and near without considering tribal or ethnic differences to
honour the political icon and prayed for their safe return to their
respective destinations.
He described Ekwueme as a rare breed
and advised Nigerians across board to emulate the exemplary life of
the deceased.
He also appealed to the Nigerian
leaders to be sensitive to the yearnings and aspirations of the
people at all times, with a view to delivering the dividends of
democracy to them.
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