What I Will Never Forget About Late Senator Annie Okonkwo—Ngige

<h4>What I Will Never Forget About Late Senator Annie Okonkwo<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that former Anambra State Governor and the immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment&comma; Dr Chris Ngige&comma; has described the death of Senator Annie Okonkwo as a fall of an Iroko tree in the forest with an attendant huge loss to the business and Political firmament of Anambra State&comma; the South East and Nigeria in general&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Senator Annie Okonkwo&comma; a foremost industrialist who celebrated his 63rd birthday on May 23&comma; 2023&comma; represented Anambra Central senatorial district in the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; in 2007&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He reportedly died in the United States&comma; after a long battle with a terminal illness&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement Ngige personally signed&comma; he described the late senator as a very strong and dogged politician with whom he did many political battles&sol; contests&comma; the most memorable being <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">the three-cornered fight in 2011 for the Anambra Central Senate seat between himself&comma; the late Senator and late Prof Dora Akunyili&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Ngige praised the late senator for his sportsmanship&comma; saying&colon; ”Even though I won and came to the 7th Senate Agunechemba congratulated me and promised not to go to court to contest my winning&period; He really did not go to court&period; So I became his successor and the loss did not affect our personal relationship&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ngige extends his heartfelt condolences to the Okonkwo family of Iru- Ebenebe Ojoto where he holds the high chieftaincy title of Okaka and Agunechemba&comma; Government and people of Anambra State and the Nigerian political and business community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;