“Show Us Your Achievement After 18 Years in NASS”, Group Demands

A women group under the aegis of Enugu North Senatorial District Women Forum, ENSDWF, embarked on a protest yesterday, Monday, 14th Sept, 2020, at the Nsukka Local government over what they said to be an alleged poor performance of some federal lawmakers from the area.

The women group who called-out Senator Chuka Utazi, representing the district in the National Assembly, and Dr. Pat Asadu, of Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency in the House of the Representatives, demanded that the duo should live-up to their responsibility and deliver the dividends of democracy they promised the people.

Senator Asadu

Over 700 women trooped out to show their agitations against the lawmakers, some of the placards read the following inscriptions, “Sen. Chukwuka, stop Bible quotation, show us your achievement. “Pat Asadu, stop using our children to achieve your selfish political interest, enough is enough. “Pat Asadu, show us your achievement after 18 years in NASS,” among others.

Newsmen learned from the spokesperson of the forum, Mrs. Victoria Ugwu, that the women were not satisfied with the performances of the lawmakers in the district. “We are carrying out this protest so that they will know that we are not happy with their performances. We want them to sit up. “Asadu has spent over 16 years in House of Representative but there is nothing to show for it in the constituency. “We will continue to pray so that they will sit up, by bringing development and providing employment to our children, “she said.

At the time of filing this report, no official of the council was on hand to address the women forum as they quietly dispersed. However, in a swift reaction, the women from Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, where Senator Utazi hailed from, who are also members of the forum, spoke through their coordinator, Mrs. Elizabeth Eze, disassociating themselves from the protest.

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According to her, “What happened today was an ambush because we gathered here for our normal monthly prayer only to see some women protesting against our representative in national assembly which was never planned for. “There was never a time we discussed in our forum that we will protest against federal lawmakers or anybody on Monday in Nsukka,” she said.

When contacted, Sen Utazi directed our correspondent to speak with his Personal Assistant, Alphonsus Ezeugwu, on the issue. Ezeugwu said it was unfortunate that some misguided women in the district had hijacked the forum for their political interest.

Senator Utazi

He added that Utazi would continue to offer quality representation to the district as no amount of blackmail would stop him from the good work for the good people of Enugu North Senatorial District. “I am not surprised some people in the district are already playing 2023 politics. “I commend Uzo-Uwani Councilwomen for condemning the protest in all its entity,” he said. Meanwhile, efforts to get a comment from Mr. Pat Asadu’ was not fruitful as calls and text messages sent to his mobile phone were not replied as at the time of this report.