Emeka Ezeh,  Youth Leader Lauds Ezeonu’s Philanthropic Gestures

By Chuks Eke

A social media commentator, influencer, and APGA youth leader for Nnobi Ward 1, Emeka Ezeh, popularly known as Emmy Young, has lauded the philanthropic gestures of Ikemba Nnobi, High Chief Emeka Hamilton Ezeonu, for his philanthropic activities, which helped in drawing the attention of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration towards considering the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Nnobi Ring road.

He also praised High Chief Ezeonu and his wife, Dr. Mrs. Thelma Ezeonu, for the construction and tarring of a one-kilometre road with concrete side drainages and three water boreholes, which Governor Soludo commissioned recently, as well as the renovation of Nnobi General Hospital, doctors’ quarters, and the building of a modern security office, which the governor also inspected shortly after the commissioning ceremony.

Governor Soludo, while commissioning the road, the boreholes, and inspecting the renovated hospital, doctors’ quarters, and security office, noted that his administration’s attention, having been drawn by Ezeonu’s philanthropic acts, would consider flagging off the construction of the Nnobi Ring road, which traversed Nnobi and Awka-Etiti communities in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.

According to Soludo, the road that started from Umeh Junction Nnobi, through Umuru Village, Nnobi to Nkolofia Village, Awka-Etiti with a spur to Ibenegbu Junction, through Umuafor-Ebenator Nnobi, and the mega abattoir would be constructed in three phases.

In appraising the positive development, Emmy Young, who was also a former Executive Assistant to former Governor Willie Obiano on Public Procurement, expressed optimism that Soludo, in his quest to provide physical infrastructure in the state through his Public-Private Community Partnership (PPCP) agenda, would eventually flag off the road as soon as possible.

According to Emmy Young, “Through Ikemba’s kindness, community service, and the quest for giving back to society and for being there for the people in appreciation to God for His blessings, Governor Soludo has now given him a listening ear.”.

“As an indigene of Nnobi, I must also commend Ikemba’s wife, Dr. Thelma, for her generosity in empowering over 100 women with different start-up kits, ranging from Gee Pee water tanks, cassava processing machines, grinding machines, and free medical outreach to ensure their healthy living. She is a role model and mother Theresa of our time.”.

“As for Ikemba Nnobi, he has written his name in gold. He has been passionate about positive change, never relented, and thinks about the welfare of the people. He is a model of emulation. History will be kind to him.”.

“I am also using this medium to call on other well-to-do sons and daughters of Nnobi to emulate the philanthropic gestures of High Chief Ezeonu by embarking on some other developmental projects in the area,”  said Emmy Young.