The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has said that political godfathers fought him in the 34 months he was in the office as governor of Anambra state because he decided to work for the good of the people, IgbereTV reports.
The two-time minister spoke on Thursday at the Awka Egwu Uzu festival, where the traditional ruler of the Ancient Awka Kingdom, Eze Uzu (Dr) Gibson Nwosu conferred on him the Igbo royal title of “Onyili Mmagba,”meaning the man who wrestled everybody to the ground, escaped and gave freedom to others.
According to him, “I decided to work for the people because that was the main crux of the problem. Will you stand and work for the people or the godfathers? So, I stood with the people and worked for them.
“We also improved electricity. The Agu Awka power station with a big 60KVA sub-injector station was brought during my time as Governor to complement the Nibo power station and we had electricity here in Awka. We put up the Ngozika Housing Estate. The Housing Estate for workers was done by us.
Speaking on his new title, Ngige said the people of Awka remembered all he had done and invited him to show appreciation and he came to receive the thank you.
The minister thanked Eze Uzu for the honour done to him and prayed that God should bless the title for him to use it and work for Anambra State and Nigeria.
He threw his weight behind Eze Gibson Nwosu as the only Government recognized traditional ruler in Awka.
