Youths Reject Calls For Rector’s Removal

Youths of Oko
community in Anambra have dissociated themselves from calls for the removal of Prof. Godwin Onu as the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
The youth, under the aegis of Oko Peoples’ Union (OPU), made their position known in a statement signed by the President of the union, Mr Tochukwu Ezeokafor, and Secretary, Mr Ebuka Okoli.
Ezeokafor, who read the statement while briefing newsmen in Awka last Tuesday, said the crisis in the the community had nothing to do with the institution or its rector.
“It is disheartening to note that some few personalities are pursuing personal vendetta against the current rector of Federal Polytechnic, Oko under the Oko Peoples’ Congress. This is not fair because the real problem in Oko community has nothing to do with the polytechnic or the rector; rather it is local politics of calumny by the town union,’’ Ezeokafor said.
The chairman pointed out that the call for the removal of Onu was not an Oko agenda but the agenda of few individuals bent on using the good image of the town to achieve their selfish interest.
The youths also used the medium to call on the clergy and prominent indigenes of community to wade into the matter and resolve the impasse before it got out of hand.
“We are calling on people like the former Vice President, Chief Alex Ekwueme, Chief Chido Nwankwo, Chief Handel Okoli and other prominent indigenes of the area to intervene and resolve the crisis. The call for the sack or removal of Prof. Godwin Onu as Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Oko is not and will never be in our communal interest,” they said.