Wife of Abia Governor Mrs. Ikpeazu (C) Wife of the Deputy Gov. Mrs. Vivian Oko Chukwu (L) Wife of Abia Speaker Dr. Onyinyechi Orji (R) and wives of members of the 7th Abia House.
The wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, has advised wives of members of the 7th Abia House of Assembly to look inward and see challenges in their constituencies and draw the attention of their husbands to it.
The Governor’s wife gave the advice when the wives of members of the state house of assembly led by the wife of Abia Speaker, Dr. Onyinyechi Orji, paid her a courtesy visit recently in her Government House office in Umuahia.
According to her, “this visit is very important to me because as wives of honourable members, you are positioned to be role models in the society”.
Mrs. Ikpeazu explained that the works of the honourable members are enormous because of the bridge building role they play between the people and the government therefore your role as wives are to provides a conducive environment at home for them to operate on.
Again, I encourage you to support one another so that your association will grow and on my own I am willing to collaborate with you at all times on ideas that will uplift the down trodden and help our state grow.
Earlier, the wife of Abia Speaker, Dr. Onyinyechi Orji, who led the state legislators wives said that they came to show their unwavering support to the Governor’s wife.
However, the Speaker’s wife maintained that they will ensure that their husbands also pledge their unalloyed support and loyalty to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu so that together we can move the state forward.