Issele Uku: HRM Ezeagwuna’s 100 Days in Office
Steve Nwamodoh
Rithin a short period of 100 days, His Royal Majesty, Obi Nduka Ezeagwuna, the young monarch of Issele Uku Kingdom has showcased confidence among its people with an approach to noble leadership that has entrenched unprecedented innovations across all strata of the town. There are surprisingly many examples of the strides taken by the young monarch to consolidate on the wise initiatives of HRH Ezeagwuna II within the first 100 days on the throne. His first official assignment after his coronation was to commission the magnificient ‘’ Welcome to Issele uku ‘’ structure financed by Issele Uku Development Union Lagos branch on 30TH January 2016. Same day, HRM Obi Ezeagwuna II gave honour to whom it was due, with posthumous awards to the dead, and to the deserving son and daughters of Issele Uku for their great contributions towards the development of the community.
HRM Obi Ezeagwuna II an accomplished engineer, commenced his new year with a royal thanks giving service at St Paul Catholic Cathedral Church to appreciate the Almighty God for the success of his coronation and presentation of his staff of office by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
As we commemorate the first 100 days of Ezeagwuna’s reign, it is heartwarming to learn that His Royal Majesty embarked on a thank you tour to all the villages in Issele Uku which has brought in the spirit of unity, peace, harmony and progress among all the heads of the villages in this community. He has related peacefully and democratically with all the other traditional rulers in Aniocha North which culminated in their recent visit to the Royal Palace. HRM has recently paid a royalty visit to His Royal Majesty, Obi Emmanuel Efeizomor II (JP) OON, The Obi of Owa and the Chairman, Delta State Council of Traditional rulers
Other sectors have also received attention with equal vigor. On Health, Ezeagwuna II has resolved and paid all the 37 indigenes that served as Company Drugs Distributors, donated by the Jimmy Carter Foundation in collaboration with the officials of the Health Care Centre.
In the education section, he returned from his alma mater, the University of Ibadan on Friday, 3rd March, 2017, where he admonished the fresh students to concentrate and acquire proper education so as to have balanced and fulfilled life. In Ibadan, the HRM who hosted by his imperial majesty, Oba Salihu Adamu Adetunji the Olu of Ibadan land.
Still on developing Education Sector, he has mapped out plans in collaboration with the chief Inspector of Education, Ministry of Basic Education to improve the standard of education of Issele-Uku student’s right from nursery, primary to secondary to tertiary school levels. In addition to this, he has requested Izuani (the highest ruling organ in the town) to nominate qualified title chiefs to represent the palace/town in the Board of Technical College. This was done to encourage pre-vocational and general technical education in the school. Not merely as a basic for creating early technological and direct practical skills for earning a living, the initiative is aimed at inculcating in our people of Issele-Uku, the attitude of, respect for and appreciating of the role of technical and vocational education in building an opportunity functional society.
In another development, Ezeagwuna II recently inaugurated a special Royal Electricity Committee under the Chairmanship of Barr. Kenneth Mozia, SAN. The electricity committee is responsible for electricity matters in our town, with the mandate to find lasting solutions to the problems of electricity challenges within and outside Issele-Uku.
The fervent call of HRH Ezeagwuna II to the Head of our villages to encourage our illustrious men to take up the chieftaincy titles in our villages, yielding positive result recently when he performed the preliminary traditional rights on Chief Innocent Onyibo Ashiedu,, as the new Iyese of Issele-Uku. HRM has mentioned his strong desire to inject new innovations into our annual Inne cultural festival.
It is on record that, Issele-Uku indigenes are now actively involved in determining the policies that are transforming their community through active participation in the deliberations of Izuani the highest ruling organ of the town. HRH has made it a point of duty to factor in the aspirations of our indigenes in re-directing the ruler’s focus to their areas of priority.
HRH Ezeagwuna II, in response to popular demand, has been concentrating more efforts on human empowerment through job creation. In conjunction with our representative in the Delta State House of Assembly, our councilors, and member in Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), HRH has emphasized his commitment in all these areas of infrastructural development.
He has practically shown that security is everyone’s business. As a result of this, He has appealed to the Heads of all the villages to mobilize our indigenes to pay up their security levies. The membership of the Vigilante group has recently increased from 25 to 40 due to his new ideas, and he is seriously working on improving their activities. Within these few days in office, HRH Ezeagwuna II has renovated and restructured the Oligbo Royal Palace to wear the aesthetic nature of a high class palace. HRM recently has met with delegates from various public and private sectors, parastatals, churches, school, including associations and unions based in Issele-Uku and nearby states with a view to working progressively for the development of his kingdom.
In conclusion, without mincing words, the volume of achievements and depth of performance within the spate of a hundred (100) days, pay undeniable credit to HRH Ezeagwuna’s Monarchy as one capable of taking our town to its long-awaited level of genuine development.