Catholic Church Confers Chieftaincy Title On Onitsha South LG Boss

By Polycarp Ifeanyi, Onitsha

The Transition Council Chairman of Onitsha South local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon. Emeka Orji has been conferred chieftaincy title of Dike Di Ebube by St. Dominic’s Catholic Church Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State.

The event which incidentally coincided with the closing Mothering Sunday ceremony in their Parish began shortly after Holy Eucharistic presided by the Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Everistus Nwagbara.

Prior to delivering his homily, Fr. Nwagbara extolled  Mothers  on their occasion of Mothering Sunday, lauding their roles in the family, saying that the Parish would equally appreciate Transition Council Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government, Hon. Emeka Orji for his developmental strides. 

Preaching his sermon, he reminded the people of God that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is a clear assurance and hope for eternity by Christians, stressing that if Jesus Christ did not die and resurrected, the faith of Christians would have been in vain.

He also admonished that Jesus Christ did not die but has gone to Heaven to secure a better place for the Children of God, even as he described Hon. Emeka Orji as a real servant of the people.

The cleric added that Hon. Orji is not like other Government functionaries who do not pick calls, stating that he responds to emergencies when he is called, just as he recalled when the Chairman came to his parish with Keke for emergency.

According to him, the Chieftaincy title conferred on Hon. Orji was to reciprocate him for his wonderful achievements in Onitsha South Local Government precisely Fegge area.

” Several successive care-taker  Chairmen have served in Onitsha South LG but it is only Hon. Orji has attracted huge transformation. He has done more than what he promised when he called stakeholders meeting and no place in Onitsha has more roads than Fegge. He understands that an average man needs access roads, water and clean environment. In fact, I will campaign for him in his elective position. Even if I have not eaten his money, I have matched it with my legs” Said Fr. Nwagbara.

Expressing his gratitude to the Catholic Community, Hon. Orji said he was delighted for the honour, reminding them that the major impediment in Fegge is gutters, attributing it to the location of Fegge.

He affirmed that he assured Fegge Community during stakeholders meeting that he would make a positive change in Fegge, explaining that he commenced aggressive desilting of gutters before he embarked on road construction.

“There is now way you will construct roads without getting gutters right. It is my intervention that the Governor awarded all the roads in Onitsha South. So, Soludo loves Onitsha South and I urge you people to  compensate him by re-electing him for the second tenure”

In their separate comments,  the Anambra State Association of Town Union ” ASATU” youth mayor, Comrade Duru Chiadikobi and Chairman of landlords and stakeholders Onitsha South LG,  Okwudiri Obinwanne testified that Hon. Orji has tremendously transformed the Onitsha South Local Government.