*NDOKWA HOUSE: WE REMAIN GRATEFUL TO OKOWA, GOV OBOREVWORI, NNU PG, NDUBUISI, ASSERTS* ~ Truth Reporters

 *By Andy Emephia* 

The President General of the pan Ndokwa nation socio-cultural organization, the Ndokwa Neku Union ( NNU), Brig Gen Mike Ndubisi (rtd), has paid glowing tributes to immediate past Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, for taking up the construction of the Ndokwa house, and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, for sustaining the project to its present status of completion. 

He equally placed on record the invaluable contributions of prominent Ndokwa sons such as Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, Engr Austin Avuru, and Mr Achi Okechukwu which led to the extra ten plots of land to extend the size of the premises of the Ndokwa house from the initial ten to the present, twenty plots.  

Speaking during the  2024 General Assembly of the Union at the Ndokwa house in Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West local government, on good Friday 29th March 2024, the NNU President General noted that the last general assembly of the socio-cultural body held in December 2020 under the auspices of a Caretaker committee which midwife the election of the current leadership led by him, but due to paucity of funds, it had not been possible to hold an AGM since then. 

Gen Ndubisi ( rtd) said the 2024 General Assembly with the theme: "Ndokwa Today and Tomorrow ", is aimed at self-assessment of the current standing of the Ndokwa nation in the scheme of things. 

While noting that it is pertinent to interrogate her progress via where they ( Ndokwa) were yesterday, are today, and are expected to be tomorrow, the NNU PG also reeled out his scorecard to include the body, 's demand for an Ndokwa son to be considered as Deputy Governor which has materialized by the appointment of Sir Monday Onyeme, as well as other key positions in the state. 

He urged Ndokwans to protect and uphold their cherished values and heritage, adding that he is optimistic about a glorious future for the Ndokwa nation, going forward. 

In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the 2024 Ndokwa Neku Union General Assembly, Rear Admiral Mike Ojinika Onah (rtd), OON, sued for unity among the people of Ndokwa, stressing that divisive tendencies should not be allowed to take root if the development of the Ndokwa nation is to be guaranteed. 

The keynote speaker, Engr Austin Avuru, while speaking on the theme "Ndokwa: Today and Tomorrow ", was unequivocal that education, entrepreneurship, political participation, as well as being each other, 's keeper, formed the four planks upon which the theme could be actualized in Ndokwa nation.

He tasked the Gen Ndubisi-led NNU leadership to leverage its achievements of dialoguing for what he described as the "best representation of Ndokwa today" which boasts of a Deputy Governor, MD of DESOPADEC, and Commissioner for Finance, among others. 

In one of the goodwill messages, the Chairman of the Association of Ndokwa Professionals in Academia, Professor Bldr Emmanuel Achuenu, pledged the collaboration of his body comprising over 40 Professors and not less than 96 Doctorate holders, to the education-related programmes of the NNU, while adding that with the recent approval of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Ndokwa land, the best is yet to come for the people of the area. 

Highpoints of the 2024 version of the Ndokwa General Assembly which was attended by Sir Fidelis Tilije, the state finance commissioner, Hon Nnamdi Ezechi, member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani federal constituency, MD DESOPADEC, Mr Festus Ochonogor, DTHA members and Royal father's among other prominent Ndokwa sons and daughters, included an award of excellence on deserving sons and daughters of Ndokwa nation, secretariat and financial report reading, appointment and adoption of the new BOT led by Prof Steve Okecha, as well as cultural displays among others.