Obiorah Anthony Ugwonwa
The Deputy Chairman, Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria(TOWAN), Anambra State Chapter, Comrade Michael Onyekwelu, has ascended to the seat of Acting Chairman of the association in Anambra State, following the official resignation of the immediate past chairman of the association, Barrister Sylvester Obiorah.
This was made known yesterday at the first meeting organized by the leadership of the association in Anambra State for the branch chairmen of the association, held in the Awka South Local Government Area Secretariat, Amawbia, Anambra State.
He said that the essence of the meeting was to officially inform the branch chairmen of the association on the current situation of things in the association and assured them that his leadership is making frantic efforts within his powers to correct the mistakes of the past, which according to him, held the association down for many years.
The new Acting Chairman, Comrade Onyekwelu, told the participants that his ascension to the seat of the chairman of the association in Anambra State was consequence upon the resignation of the former chairman of the association, Barrister Sylvester Obiorah as contained in the constitution of the Anambra State chapter.
He promised the branch chairmen that his leadership would run transparent system of leadership where the members of the association will hold the leaders accountable for any misconduct.
The Chairman, who noted that the affairs of the association was not one man affair, rather a collective responsibility of all members of the association in the state.
He also assured the participants that his regime would carry every member of the association along, pleading with them to forgo the activities of the association in the past and forge ahead by supporting the new leadership of the association in their efforts geared towards making the association great again in Anambra State.
Comrade Onyekwelu, who said that his Leadership is among other things planning to organize a security programme for members of the association which would involve the police and officers of the Road Safety in the State, described the relationship between the association and Anambra State Government as very cordial, saying that anybody in the association that is working against the present government in the state is equally working against the activities of the association because the association contributed a lot to the bringing to power, the Governor Soludo’s government, through the 2021 governorship election in the state.
He vehemently pleaded with the aggrieved members of the association to sheath their swords and key into moving the association forward, describing the emergence of the Anambra Special Anti-Tout Squade (SASA), as a prayer answered, he added that those among them who were working against SASA in the state were those benefiting from falsehood, to the detriment of the association in the state.
Analysing the contents of the meeting, the Anambra State Secretary of the TOWAN, Pastor Elvis Okolie, confirmed that the yesterday’s meeting was consequence upon the resignation of the immediate past chairman of the association, Barrister Sylvester Obiorah, whom he said actually put up his resignation letter before members of the association, hence the Deputy Chairman’s ascension to the seat of Chairman on acting capacity to keep the flag of the association flying in Anambra State, adding that nature abhors vacuum.
He noted that the Acting Chairman was in the course of the meeting, sought the collective supports of the participants to his leadership, and stated that what gladdened their hearts during the meeting was the chairman’s burning desire to uphold transparency, accountability and constitution of the association in discharging his duties.
Pastor Okolie, stated that the association is not fighting the present government in the state or at war with anybody in the state. He maintained that the resignation of Barrister Obiorah was accepted to them as well as the ascension of Comrade Onyekwelu to the Acting Chairman of the Association in Anambra State, whom he said was making efforts to ensure that the suspension placed on the association by Anambra State Government was suspended by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as soon as possible.
Pledging their collective loyalties and supports to the new Acting Chairman of the association in Anambra State, Comrade Onyekwelu and his Executive Members, the Branch Chairmen of the Association in Awka South Local Government Area, Prince Collins Ozojiofor, Oyi Local Government, Chief Osita Doga and Chairman of all Chairmen of the association in Anambra State, Chief Arinze Idemili, urged the acting Chairman to work towards reorganizing and strategizing the affairs of the association in the state for all round development of the association and its members by protecting their interest at all times, especially during crisis and tribulations.
