OTU Lagos Branch inaugurates new executives, set agenda for development

Chief (Sir) Ernest Eze, Chairman, OTU, Lagos Branch (Pic) 
Osina Community in Ideato North Local Government of Imo State has great passion for coming together both at home and in the Diaspora. On Sunday, at Ozubulu Hall in FESTAC, Lagos, the people of Osina under the umbrella body of Osina Town Union (OTU) inaugurated their men and women executives at a Joint General Meeting. It was a never-happened in the annals of the town. CYRIACUS NNAJI has reports.

Inauguration of the executive members which came after their elections in June was heralded with great joy. The people expressed happiness in the capacity of the executive to deliver on their mandate.  

It was not just an ordinary meeting, but a medical expert from the town, Dr. Carlistus Onunkwo did not only bring his medical team to examine and test members of the town, he also delivered a lecture on health which mostly dwelt on High Blood Pressure. He pleaded with the people to not just eat, right, but that they should do exercises and go for regular medical check ups. 

Another illustrious son of the community in Lagos, Chief Ogoo Umeh (Nnabuenyi) all by himself sponsored the food and drinks in a gathering of over 1000 people.

The Chairman, Chief (Sir) Ernest Eze expressed happiness over the caliber of people that were elected and inaugurated. He said “I have no doubt in my mind that my team will deliver, Remember that this is our second term. I am sure if we did not do well in our first outing, our people would not have deemed it fit to reelect us.

“My promise is that we are not going to disappoint them. We have a lot of development projects agenda for the town which we will unveil in no distant time,” Eze restated.

Chief Kelechi Ejeagwu, President General of Osina Town Union thanked God and also expressed confidence in the team “I thank God so much because the newly inaugurated people are wonderful people; they are the people that will lead Osina to the next level. I am talking of the level ordained by God, not the type of next level we have now. I know they will move Osina forward.

On his election as the President General of Osina Community, he said, ‘It was the work done by God and not by man, I thank God so much, I am not the best in everything both in wealth and personality, but it was the wish of God, and He that gave me the honour, I believe He would lead me throughout my tenure. In my tenure, I believe, by God’s grace, it will bring development and positive change in my Community called Osina. I am proud of them, they love me and I love them too.”

Chief Ejeagwu also informed Osina people that he will host them at Bikel Event Centre in Agor-Palace-way on Sunday, September 1, where he intend to unveil his agenda for the community.

On her part, Ezinne Chinelo Matthias Nwanedo, Chairlady, OTU Lagos Branch said she was happy, “Today God made everything awesome, you would bear with me that OTU Lagos Branch has gone to another level, we are like light, everywhere we go we shine. At Imo State Town Development Association Lagos (ISTDAL) Osina people got the First Vice President men and First Vice President Women positions; it is a thing of joy. And now as if that was not enough, the Lagos Branch of Osina Town Union got the president general of the mother union, all these achievements are the things that make one happy.”

On the newly inaugurated executive she said, “The inauguration of men and women of OTU on the same day is something which we have not witnessed before; it is one of the things that make me happy. Concerning the people that were sworn in, they are tested and trusted people. I know what they can do, they can deliver.” 

Lolo Carol Chika Mmonu, the Vice chairlady OTU and First Vice President, ISTDAL, said she has been in ISTDAL for 15 years “I have studied the objective of the association, and found out that there are one or two places I can play a role to move ISTDAL forward, and that is why I had to come out to contest for that position. 

On how she could combine the two roles she said “OTU is my primary assignment and they nominated me to represent them in ISTDAL, so in that regard, no doubt what I have been doing for them and that is why they appointed me to go to ISTDAL, they have no doubt in my capability to do better in ISTDAL to move the association forward. And that is exactly what I am going to do.” 

On how she would use her position to help Osina women, Lolo Mmonu said, “In ISTDAL we have carried out lots of scholarships, empowerments, trainings, for women in recent past; we have given awards and prize giving to Osina people to show we are moving forward. The empowerment include sewing machine, money, bags of rice, training which Osina women have benefited from.”

Christian Chris Ezeibekwe, Director, Ezeibekwe Motors Nigeria Limited, a stakeholder in Osina Community spoke on the capacity of the newly inaugurated executive men and women OTU, “I know they would do better than the previous one because our prayer as a people is for our children to be bigger and better than us. They will deliver on their mandates, I am sure of that,” Ezeibekwe stated.

On development in Osina and the fact that Osina has been in darkness for nine years, he said that those who handled issue of light betrayed the community. “Those who handled issue of light were our senior brothers, they offended our people, and infested Osina with various problems, but we thank God there is now a change of administration, made up of youths with zeal and vitality to work, by the grace of God there will be a positive development in Osina before the year ends.

He asked OTU members to support the newly elected President General of Osina through prayers, cash and kindness in order to realize the envisioned development in Osina community.