ASTUC Youth honours Nnewi North mayor, Anazodo, others as community role models

By Emmanuel Chigbata | IchieTimes

The Anambra State Town Union Council Youth Wing, ASTUC, has honoured the Mayor of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Mr. Echezona Anazodo, with a leadership and community service award.

Other recipients included Prince Chiedu Orizu, who received the Pillar of Youth Development Award, Mr. Chibuzor Njideofor, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for Nnewi North in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr. Paul Ileka, who received leadership and community service awards.

The awards were presented at the Nnewi North Local Government Headquarters, Nnewi, by the ASTUC Youth Wing, led by its President, Comrade Ken Okoli.

Okoli said the recognition was aimed at appreciating the recipients for their contributions to youth development, grassroots leadership and community service in Anambra State.

He also presented Mayor Anazodo with copies of the book, I Believe in Nigeria, while other special guests received portrait gifts as Onye Anambra.

The ASTUC Youth Wing President stressed the importance of youth participation in leadership and the preservation of what he described as Anambra State’s value system.

He said he would engage members of the State House of Assembly on legislation aimed at defining and promoting the state’s core values.

Responding, Mayor Anazodo, Dr. Ileka, Prince Orizu and the Leader of the Nnewi North Congress of Councillors, Mr. Chijioke Nwizube, thanked the ASTUC Youth Wing for the recognition.

They described the awards as an encouragement to continue contributing to community development and empowering young people.