By Oscar Kambona
The Provost of Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu, Dr Phillips Nto, has condemned the statement by the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi, against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
Nto, also a World Bank consultant, said that it was irresponsible and unbecoming of Adeyemi to use deprecating words against a man he hardly knew.
The provost said that it was shameful for a former NUJ president to engage in a proxy war simply to secure his political future.
Nto, however, regretted that a highly cosmopolitan senatorial district like Kogi West could produce such a weakling and tout as their representative.
According to him, insulting Ikpeazu in like manner when he hardly knew the governor has betrayed the level of quality representation at the Senate.
The provost described the governor as a cerebral academic whose antecedents are contrary to the way Adeyemi presented him.
He said that the achievements recorded by Ikpeazu in the last five years confirmed him as a sober, reflective and experienced leader who can always hold his own among his peers.
Nto noted that all development indicators showed that Abia is far ahead Kogi State.
According to him, the fact that Abia has maintained back-to-back leadership in WAEC performance in the last five years was indicative of the serious mindedness of the governor.
He called on the leadership of the Senate to be circumspect in allowing people with mental imbalance use the hallowed chambers to impugn on the integrity of innocent and hardworking Nigerians.
