A former governor of Anambra State and two-time Senator, Chris Ngige, has mourned the death of a former governor of Abia State and immediate past Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who passed on Thursday.
Ngige, who expressed deep grief over the demise of Onu, described his exit as an “unquantifiable loss”, not only to the South-East geopolitical zone but to the entire country.
The former Minister of Labour and Employment, also noted that Onu was one of the arrowheads that helped in dismantling the 16-year-old rule of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He stated this while addressing journalists in his hometown in Alor, on Saturday.
He noted that the account of political developments in the country, especially from the truncated third republic till date, cannot be complete without mentioning Onu’s positive contributions.
Ngige recalled with nostalgia, their first meeting in 1993 when Onu was the Governor of Abia State on the platform of the National Republican Convention and himself, the President of the Igbo socio-economic think-tank, Aka Ikenga, to discuss Southeast East regional integration.
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