As the 2019 general elections draw near, a female aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Okigwe North federal constituency seat at the National Assembly, Princess Miriam Onuoha has bluntly, declared that her aspiration was borne out of genuine desire to effect positive change in the lives of people of Okigwe North.
According to Princess Onuoha, the entire Okigwe North federal constituency had for long, been bedeviled by socio-economic backwardness and bereft of meaningful infrastructural development as a result of poor representation at the federal House of Representatives.
Miriam Onuoha lamented that the area had for several times, been saddled with the misfortune of being represented by selfish and visionless persons who fraudulently schemed their way into office for personal interests.
The woman of substance who during her brief stay in office as Okigwe zonal co-ordinator for federal government sponsored subsidy re-investment and empowerment programme (SURE-P) empowered countless number of Okigwe zone youths, women, men and school children, insisted that Okigwe North federal constituency yearns for honest, selfless and visionary representative in the house of reps.
“Time has come for us to be wise and tell ourselves the truth. For Okigwe North federal constituency to be able to close the terrible gap between the area and other federal constituencies in terms of development, we should resolve to send an honest person to the house of reps. Let us resist those who buy our votes with money or use violent means to get into this sensitive office”, Princess Onuoha stated.
Continuing, Princess Onuoha who addressed news men in Owerri said, “it is quite unfortunate that Okigwe North sons who grabbed the mandate to represent our people in the house of reps since 1999 only ended up enriching themselves. This is why I joined the race for the house of reps seat. I, Princess Miriam Onuoha promise to do one thing, that is, to make remarkable difference by fighting for the rights and overall interest of Okigwe North federal constituency and with the mandate of my people, God will surely, help me to do Okigwe North proud”