[dropcap]D[/dropcap]r. Tony Nwaka, former commissioner in the erstwhile administration of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, is set to run for the national assembly.Nwaka, who resigned from the government of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as Executive Assistant on Monday, has set machinery in motion to go for the exalted position in the red chambers.
Although he is yet to declare whether his interest is for the senate or House of Representatives, Nwaka said his face is set to move to the national assembly and make his constituents proud.
In a facebook post with the title: “I have chosen to go to the national assembly,” Nwaka said right from the days of the defunct western region to the present day Delta state, the Anioma people have shown exemplary moral character, enviable intellectual capacity, astonishing industry and fruitful interpersonal relations.
The facebook post reads: “Other people see the Anioma man or woman and see integrity, vision, enterprise, self-control and excellence; they behold the attributes of a role model.
“We raise our children to manifest the finest traditions of knowledge, temperance, industry and unimpeachable moral conduct. By our natural composition, the Anioma man or woman, whether from Ndokwa/Ukwuani, Ika or Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency, should not be the subject of unrestrained public ridicule or a reflection of intellectual docility.
“Though we clamor for our rights, we are not ill-tempered. At all times, we demonstrate the social graces of public conduct. That is the Anioma man and woman I grew up to know.The national assembly should be a conglomeration of the best from other lands.
“We must therefore put our brightest materials forward so we should not only compete favorably with the highest that other societies have to offer, but more importantly, show the world the true values, beliefs and character imparted on us by our forefathers.
“Our people deserve nothing less. We must not allow sentiments or behaviors that are strange to our nature to prevent us from actualizing our great God-given potentials as a people.
“In this regard, I shall, in the next few days, make the necessary consultations, after which I shall spell out the exact course of my proposed journey to the national assembly.”