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TALES OF TWO ANAMBRA ILLUSTRIOUS SONS, THE FACTS AND THE SAD REALITY.
The Anambra media space has become awashed with different narratives since the ministerial list was announced in the Senate. Different divides have been created, and the sides have taken it upon themselves to trade blames and malign Principal characters on either sides.
For clarity, this situation does not concern us as an organisation, particularly as one that is a health based organisation and not political, we naturally should have no interest in the matter, but when the name of our benefactor is being maligned wrongly, posterity behoves a responsibility on us to speak up, and we would make our voices loud.
We have read with dismay articles published on several online media platforms aimed and worded to not only misrepresent facts but with intentions of pitting Anambrarians against each other, casting slurs on our prominent sons as it relates to the Ministerial list of President Tinubu.
It is rather absurd that people would stoop so low to engage in such infantile charade of tainting the image of Chief Paul Chukwuma, someone they most likely have had no personal dealings with nor have any cause to have started their charade other than feeding from the political tension being heated in the state.
Chief Paul Chukwuma, a former Auditor of the APC is a reserved personality with little or no media attention, and as a result of his reclusive nature, some media miscreants have capitalised on that to start a media campaign against his personality, particularly with regards to the ministerial list.
Our organisation shall not tolerate such utterances anymore as we insist that men of goodwill and with free flowing benevolent spirit like Chief Chukwuma do not deserve the name calling and labeling online.
That Sen. Andy Uba did not make the ministerial list should not be an issue that would cause people to pick their notepads to malign and blame others for his misfortunes. We should be concerned about the general interest of the state than our personal interests. There are lots of personalities who feel they deserve the ministerial slot of Anambra but were not given, so why is Sir. Chukwuma being blamed for Sen. Andy Ubah's woes.
In the months we have known Sir. Chukwuma as an organisation it has always been series of goodwill and enchanting benevolence that has enriched the welfare of our members. He is one that genuinely cares and extends his benevolence out of kindness and not for pecuniary interests like is the case for most politicians.
Sir, Paul Chukwuma is a renowned academic, ICT expert, the founder of Olive University, Burundi, and benefactor to many orphanage homes in the country. He is rather preoccupied with leaving lasting legacies in Education and building a reputable institution of learning in West Africa. Such a person with a gentle mien should not be dragged into frivolities and the jaundiced thinking of some persons who feel that every other person must be blamed but themselves for their misfortunes.
It is right to state facts, and such fact is that there is no rift between Sen. Andy Ubah and Sir. Paul Chukwuma, none existed when the latter was the Campaign DG of the former and none existed after. It was under the leadership of Sir. Chukwuma as the APC Gubernatorial Campaign DG that Anambra witnessed the biggest political crossovers in any Governorship election cycle, even to the point of a Deputy Governor leaving the ruling party to join the campaign train. How can it be alluded that such a person who caused such turbulence in the political system of Anambra for the benefit of Sen. Ubah could thereafter become the cause of the Ubah's misfortune.
It is also on record as confirmed by the APC State Secretary for Anambra that after the 2021 Governorship elections that Sir. Paul Chukwuma rendered an account to the party of all monies received and spent during the elections. He returned what was left both in monies and office equipment. And the party never found him wanting nor lacking in integrity during the discharge of his duiies as the campaign DG. Thus, the perceived woes of Sen. Andy Ubah cannot and should not be attributed to Sir. Chukwuma.
It is high time Sen. Andy Ubah looked inwards and searched himself and if he is sincere he could deduce from such reflections that whatever misfortune he may be experiencing are not the making of those his people wish to put the blames on.
The persons living with sickle cell in Anambra State can remember Sir. Paul Chukwuma for his scholarships, strides in Education, hospital bills, benevolence in welfare amongst other things. What exactly could we remember Sen. Ubah for both as a lawmaker and someone who has been in the Executive quarters of government for years. The traducers of Sir. Chukwuma know the truth and its high time this truth is let out in loud voices.
We kindly urge members of the media who are making this tasteless posts to desist in further maligning the name of someone whose benevolence stands tall. We would not sit and watch as the names of good men are being mauled in the mud in the name of politics and scheming for appointments.
Aishatu Edwards,
Director,
Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home Agulu.