Anambra South: Ebuka Onunkwo, Right Man To Replace Late Ubah In Senate
The Anambra South Senatorial District seat in the National Assembly has remained vacant since July 2024 when Late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah went the way of all mortals.
A number of aspirants from different backgrounds have indicated interest to fill the vacant seat as senator representing the zone.
One man who stands out in the pack is Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, a successful businessman, a partyman, philanthropist, an articulate entrepreneur and energetic politician who is in tune with the grassroots.
Onunkwo who is the Managing Director,Chief Executive Officer of Seahorse Lubricant Limited has his factory in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo LGA, employing over 500 of skilled and semi skilled labour directly and providing livelihood to many families.
By this singular investment, Onunkwo popularly called Odoziobodo( builder of nation) has led the way in demonstrating that Anambra is home to genuine investment, he is also already addressing the menace of insecurity and poverty in the area through employment.
Onunkwo, a multiple award winner in education and business is also an international businessman who is not only making money and bringing it home, he is also galvanising Igbo community in diaspora which earned him the exalted position of “Eze-Igbo na Benin Republic”.
Onunkwo holds four honorary doctorate degrees including in Finance from Tansian University, Umunya, a testament to his high entrepreneurial acumen with which he had built businesses over decades.
Through his foundation, the Ebuka Onunkwo Foundation, the frontline aspirant has paid West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees to no fewer than 5,000 and awarded academic scholarships to countless number of students at the secondary school and university levels for over two decades.
Onunkwo through this gesture has given opportunity to intelligent but indigent youths access to educational empowerment and most of these beneficiaries are from the Anambra South Senatorial District.
There is definitely no viable alternative to Onunkwo among the contestants for the position of Anambra South Senatorial District Senator who possesses similar rich background.
Onunkwo is an avowed member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), apart from supporting the party both in Ihembosi in Ekwusigo LGA and at the state level he has also demonstrated loyalty and support for the administration of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo.
If competence, capacity exposure, altruism and party loyalty are the criteria for considering an aspirants for nomination as APGA candidate, Dr Ebuka Onunkwo is obviously the best man for APGA in the Anambra South Senatorial bye election.
No wonder he has continued to gain acceptance from across the state especially among the people of Anambra South district.
As the people of the Senatorial District await the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce the date for Anambra South Senatorial District bye election, Ebuka Onunkwo remains the best man to step into the big shoes left by late Ifeanyi Ubah.
