Anambra South: Group Tackles Soludo Over ‘Ekelu Olu Eke’ Comment
Equity Movement, Turn By Turn (EMTBT), a political think-tank has berated Gov. Chukwuma Soludo over his veiled attack on Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC (NDC) for Anambra South Senatorial District.
The group in a Statement signed by Chief O.C.Gaius Ezeh, the National Coordinator of EMTBT disagreed with Soludo saying that political leadership was not a profession.
Soludo had in recent public outing cast a shade on Onunkwo saying, “Ekelu Olu Eke. Ndi Factory, Ndi Ochichi Oma Na Obu Na Enu ka Ana Eke Ya”
This can be loosely translated as “there is different job for everybody, a manufacturer will not know where dividends of democracy are shared “
The group described Onunkwo as a seasoned industrialist who had proven to be an effective practical manager of men and material adding that he possessed the requisite criteria to be a good administrator of public affairs.
They said the NDC candidate had the capacity to represent the people of Anambra South Senatorial District and also attract all the democratic dividends that were due to the people.
According to EMTBT, by the above statement, you are trying to make your audience believe that political leadership is a profession and only those in the profession can lead.
“An industrialist who is a practical manager of material and human resources in the magnitude of his big business, is not qualified to manage the resources of Anambra because you are the governor?
“It is these practical entrepreneurs who have been able to successfully transform theories into practical that we now earnestly need and not the theorists whose big grammars have not brought any solution to Nigeria’s economic problems.
“This type of comment is not befitting of a professor governor, it is a bad example for our children and grandchildren,” he said.
He said the state of Late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof. Chinua Achebe, Mr Peter Obi, Dr Chuba Okadigbo and others was too sophisticated for such.
