Ex-lawmaker, leaders hail Onyekanma, as Mbaitoli passes vote of confidence on former Deputy Speaker

By Justice Chukwunatu Nwafor, Owerri

A former representative of Mbaitoli State Constituency at the state legislature, Hon. Eugene Onyeji (Vila Pharm) and other notable leaders across party lines, have commended the member representing Mbaitoli State Constituency at the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Okey Onyekanma for giving practical meaning to effective representation.

The leaders who spoke during Onyekanma's constituency briefing said that the youthful legislator is doing well.

This is even as thousands of people from Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state on Wednesday, passed a vote of implicit confidence on Rt. Hon. Okey Onyekanma, who represents the constituency at the state parliament.

Onyekanma's constituents, during a constituency briefing at Eziome, Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA, said that the legislator had done " very well, hence, deserved a second term."

While presenting his scorecard titled, THIRD WAVE OF ACHIEVEMENTS FOR MBAITOLI STATE CONSTITUENCY IN THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE YEAR," the Mbaitoli representative said that the essence of constituency briefing is to report back to the people - the challenges and accomplishments. He explained that the scorecard was a status update of his stewardship as a lawmaker.

"I want to use this opportunity to renew to you, my dear constituents, my vow to keep on justifying the confidence you reposed on me as your representative, despite  political victimizations," the lawmaker said.

Moving the motion for vote of confidence which was unanimously endorsed, Hon. Emma Meziem, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and the director general of Akarachi Foundation, who hails from Ogbaku, said that Onyekanma had redefined effective and quality representation in the area.

Meziem explained that the Mbaitoli people were proud of him. 

Supporting the motion, Pharm. Canice Nwosu, the DG of Imo PDP Support and Volunteer Groups, who hails from Umunoha/Azara ward and a former lawmaker, Hon. Eugene Onyeji, from Ubomiri ward, said Onyekanma has performed brilliantly well.

It is with great pleasure, therefore, that I second this motion for vote of confidence on the performing legislator," Nwosu ascertained.