Okezie Ikpeazu, the Governor of Abia State, has expressed his excitement for the general climate of peace and security in Abia State for Christmas 2022.
This has made it feasible for a significant number of the people of Abia in the Diaspora to return home and celebrate the holiday with their family in various villages all throughout the state, according to Ikpeazu, who wrote a greeting to Abians on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration.
According to his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka, Ikpeazu said, “it is nothing short of a miracle and a clear evidence of the love of God Almighty that our state enjoys relative peace and tranquillity at a time like this when many parts of the country are battling with security concerns of different kinds.”
While welcoming Abians in the Diaspora who came home for Christmas, the governor urged all to “feel free to move around the state with a view to making useful suggestions to the State Government” and thanked them for their “sustained support” to his administration through several interventions, especially in the area of health and education.
Security is ultimately up to God, but the governor promised that his government would continue to do everything in its power to support the outstanding job being done by the State’s several security agencies in their efforts to protect citizens’ lives and property.
Considering that this will be his final Christmas in office as governor, he expressed his gratitude to the people of Abia State for their unwavering support of his administration over the past seven and a half years.
“This year’s Christmas is special in many ways. In particular, it will be my last Christmas as your Governor and it is appropriate for me to place on record, my gratitude and that of my family to the good people of Abia State for their love and support to our administration all these years. It has been the greatest honour of my life yet, being your Governor,” he said.
Expressing his firm view that his administration has made significant progress, particularly in the areas of peace, security, and infrastructure development, he said, “While we may not have solved all our problems, we have recorded a lot of progress and we are prepared to do more. We will keep working for our people till our last day in office in May next year.”
He counseled Abians to embrace the genuine meaning of Christmas, which is to uphold the principles of love, peace, and good neighborliness, and to abstain from any actions that would disturb the state’s peace and tranquility.
