Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has described the death of the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma as sad and yet another blow to the people of Abia state.
Barely a year ago, precisely on the 22nd of May, 2020, Governor Ikpeazu had sent a message of congratulation to Professor Obioma on his appointment as the Registrar of the National Examinations Council.
In a press statement signed by Sir Onyebuchi Ememanka, his Chief Press Secretary, the governor said, “Just last week, we buried late Engr Chidi Izuwah, the Director General of the Infrastructure Regulatory and Concession Commission at the Presidency. Now we have lost Professor Obioma.
“These men were of a special breed and represented our finest human resource contributions to the development of our country. Losing these two eminent and scholarly gentlemen in quick succession is indeed very sad for me as Governor and for our state.
“It is profoundly depressing for me to write a death tribute to one of our finest academics from Abia State, just barely one year after I had written him a letter of congratulations on his appointment as NECO Registrar.
“As academics, we understood each other. He was always willing to listen to me and was always willing to bring his huge experience in educational administration to bear on what we do here. He was always prepared to come down to Abia even at the shortest of notices, once it had to do with the good of Abia State.”
The governor described the death of Professor Obioma as a major blow on the people of Abia state and a greater blow to him as a person because “Professor Obioma was a personal friend of mine.
