Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has renamed the Abakaliki Township Stadium after the late Ngele Oruta, the oldest man in the state.
The 112-year-old Oruta was buried last Friday at Amagu-Izzi, in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. The deceased was a father to Sylvester Ngele, a former representative of Ebonyi North Zone in the Senate.
Umahi was quoted in a statement by Emmanuel Uzor, his Chief Press Secretary, as eulogising Oruta’s immense contribution to the state’s development. The governor also played glowing tribute to the father of Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prof. Benard Odoh, who was buried on Saturday at Onunweke, Isiofia in Ezza North.
He also pledged to construct new classrooms at the community primary school at Onunweke and name them after late Odoh, for his immeasurable contribution to the development of his area and the state, and promised to construct the Okaleru road and bridge which connects Odoh’s community to Ebiaji, the headquarters of the council, among other roads.
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