FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF PROF. EPIPHANY AZINGE, PRESIDENT GENERAL, ASABA DEVELOPMENT UNION WORLD WIDE (A.D.U W-W)

FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF PROF. EPIPHANY AZINGE, PRESIDENT GENERAL, ASABA DEVELOPMENT UNION WORLD WIDE (A.D.U W-W)

Good afternoon.

Ahaba Igwe Igwe nu.

Happy Sunday to everyone.

I am obligated to speak on behalf of Asaba Development Union World Wide on this day.

Firstly to thank Asaba people all over the world for your magnanimity, generosity and clear demonstration of our common humanity.

You have reinforced my confidence in our people and your capacity to rise up to challenges, I Thank you all.

How many times have I been drawn to tears as you inundate us with donations all over the world.

The donation yesterday from New York moved me to tears again.

Who does not know what is going on in New York?

Yet you spared your thoughts for your Kiths and kins in Asaba, God bless you all, God guide and guard us throughout this perilous time.

Yesterday, our outstanding Committee informed me that they have formally ended their assignment.

While I expect their official report which I promise to disclose publicly to all, May I on behalf of Asaba thank them for the sacrifices made in the service of our people. Again I pay public tribute to them for their selflessness and their love of our motherland.

When this story is told in years to come, we will remember them with love and fondness and history will be very kind to them.

I am impressed with the appreciation from stranger elements in Asaba. It has been effusive and gratifying. So also the appreciation of AHABA people of all stations in Life.

We drew a lot of strength from these and are emboldened to serve our people with all our strength and all our hearts.

We are certainly not infallible and must have made mistakes unknowingly, please find it in your hearts to forgive us.

We are human after all and susceptible to human frailties. We will learn from our mistakes and improve in the days ahead.
                                                         
Recall that we initially send 8 million naira to the committee for both the Vulnerable groups and the Ebos. This was followed with 3.5millon Naira for hand sanitizers, facemasks, Okwulagwes , Umuada Ntas , other Vulnerable groups earlier omitted and of course, the non-natives of Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Igalla, Calabar/Ogoja, Ijaw, Ischekiri, Ndokwa, IkA, Isoko, Urhobo among others.

The church, orphanages and old people’s home were not overlooked either.

I am mindful of the fact that the money available would not suffice and considering that we have difficulty transferring money from Abuja, we gave a verbal undertaking for the committee to incur expenditure on our behalf.

They have forwarded  a statement to the effect that incurred additional expenses of N896, 500 .

As at now we have a balance of N3,765, 811.

By the time Abuja opens up tomorrow after the May1st public holidays, we will transfer N896,500 to the committee and our balance after all expenses will be N2,869.311.

We are now confronted with the challenge of how best to proceed.

Perhaps, we may tarry a while and observe whether there is need to intervene in the near future.

Second is to seek approval of late donors to channel their donation to other public interest requirements in Asaba.

Example is a crying need to drill a borehole in Umuagu.

We certainly cannot touch the donations for foodbank unless we are authorized so to do.

All said, we are happy that through Your instrumentality, we made intervention when it was most auspicious to do so.

Thank you Umu AHABA.

Please Do not your back on Asaba Development Union World Wide.

We will never disappoint you.

My solemn pledge Finally, I want to thank His Royal Majesty Asagba AHABA for his support and solidarity in all we have done.

We are eternally grateful.
Nna Agu! Agu!!Agu!!!..

Long May you reign your majesty..

May God continue to bless Ani AHABA.