Dr. Charles Chibuike Onyirimba: The man who will change tomorrow.
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Sometime ago in 1995, the famous American international weekly newsletter, Time Magazine had George Soros on its cover. The magazine titled that particular edition, George Soros: The Billionaire who would save the world and can almost afford to. In the body of the story, Time Magazine went further to describe Mr. Soros as a Master Donor. A man who puts his money, energy and time in any cause he believes in.
From 1985 when Soros floated his international donor agency named Open Society Foundations till date, the gentleman had donated over $20 billion to charity to positively change the face of things in almost all the countries of the world with his personal fortune. Till date, many recipients of funds from the Open Society Foundations do not know the individual in person nor know his name. Yet, they have benefitted from his charity works.
Fast-forward to Nigeria, precisely in Umudike Umueze in Ehime Mbano LGA, Okigwe North Senatorial Zone, Imo State, lies another “George Soros” in the person of Dr Charles Chibuike Onyirimba, a man who has been totally involved in positive reforms of the society as far back as 1979. Dr Onyirimba is not only in the race for political reforms of his society, he is also an integral part of the body of big names that has at several fora in and outside Imo State, made substantial donations to several groups and individuals in Igboland in support of the Igbo political framework and democracy.
A leap into the backgrounds of Dr Charles Chibuike Onyirimba will present the following facts. In 1979, he founded and became the first president of Umueze II Academic Union and Youths Against Corruption. The determination to establish this and most likely, the only community based anti-corruption firebrand organization in Imo State then, remains an undisputed evidence that Dr Onyirimba is a man of integrity from birth. The foremost political scientist and journalist who is a product of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, later went on to obtain his Doctor of Law degrees from University of Florida, is a man who does not only have the Imo political consciousness at heart but the spirit of Igbo political ideology. The former president of Igbo union in Atlanta and a top member of World Igbo Congress as well as one of its top and foremost functionaries, Dr Onyirimba is not new to the politics of Nigeria and beyond.
According to the findings made by Umuaka Times about Dr Onyirimba, it will be almost impossible to write and capture all the social and political works he had been involved with in the past because the Principal, Onyirimba Law Offices and president Onyirimba communications Inc, which publishes African Quest Magazine is not only an asset in Imo State but for Nigeria and Africa as a whole. In simple terms, Dr Charles Chibuike Onyirimba is a human-dynamo with a highly commendable personality that is impossible to ignore.
It is unfortunate that Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, the senator representing Okigwe North is no more, but there is a serious need for the Okigwe North Senatorial Zone to elect someone who is totally schooled, someone who is vested with a sound knowledge of law, Nigerian politics, business and economy, social works and above all, someone who has the fear of God to replace the late Senator Uwajumogu.
Who can fill in this gap? The fellow who will run this deal for the Okigwe North must be a man of many political components, a voracious reader, social worker, philanthropist, trade unionist, an anti-corruption star, positive thinker, a quintessential scholar and administrator. A search on Google produced one result: Dr Charles Chibuike Onyirimba is the man who can fill the vacuum.
When a man spends his personal fortunes on his society with the objective to creating a fair society, what do you think the man will do when he is handed over a political position to represent his people?
Umuaka Times has been following the activities of this gentleman over the years and can truly appeal to the electorates in Okigwe North to leave sentiments aside and go for the best which is Dr Charles Chibuike Onyirimba. To support the claim of this media outfit, the elders in the zone can sign an MOU with Dr Onyirimba on how he will represent the zone at the senate and watch him develop the zone with his international contacts and political experiences gathered over the years both from Nigeria and the United States. This is the time to move on with the APGA big boy.
Let history judge.
