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| Barrister Charlie Ugwu, the Onowu of Igugu Ancient Kingdom |
He wrote:
“Leadership is not about political positions occupied.
Leadership is about engineering positive impacts, exciting self-discovery and
influencing change in someone's negative world views. Leadership is about
effortlessly commanding and influencing respect and honour. It is about warming
up to all and sundry and influencing the greatest happiness of the greatest
number. It is about helping people change their perception of things and
molding newer perspective that are productive. It's about inspiring, motivating
and leveraging new levels for people. It is about having open door, wide ears
and shoulder to bear burdens.”
According
to Hon. Onyekachi, Barrister Charlie Ugwu, the Onowu of Igugu Ancient Kingdom,
is not your political careerist. He is a practicing lawyer who does not occupy
political positions. He added that the Onowu of Igugu acts as a bridge between
the politicians who will not relate being diametrically opposed to each other. “Whereas a regular politician is disposed to keeping non
supporters at arm’s length, he throws his doors open to all, gives rapt
attention to your case and advises as considered needful. As a result, he is a
politicians’ idol with far reaching influence and outstanding goodwill,”
he wrote.
Hon.
Onyekachi, who is known for his oratory prowess, made it clear that many youths
in and outside Udenu Local Government owe Barrister Ugwu a lot for quality
interventions in their affair at a slight beckoning, adding that back in Udenu,
he stands as a man of the people, a man whose main gate is thrown wide ajar
once he is at home.
The
great political wordsmith remembered how an evening in Barrister Ugwu’s home
looks like: “An evening in his home reminds one of a
typical moonlight gathering where men and women from different homes gather to
make merriment, drawing inspiring lessons from the wise mouth of a grandmother.
This unusual style baffles many especially in an era when security concerns are
on the high. But you see, Socrates in his wisdom had admonished us to
understand that "nothing evil happens to a good man whether living or
dead" for the gods send Angels to mount guard at his doorsteps,” he
wrote.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State described the Onowu as
a man of dwarfing aura who no one could fail to be drawn to. He wrote that at
first sight, you would be cajoled by his ramrod and no nonsense poise, but on a
closer call you would be awed with his enveloping charm, smoothness of
conversation and disposition to hospitality.
He
recounted what one of his friends said after paying the Onowu a visit: “At first, I felt intimidated by the air of opulence around
about him. I had a wrong impression of his cockiness and his stern and unsmiling
face, but when I sat into my chair directly opposite him, I saw a different
person. I saw a personable person, a man whose height in life does not
determine his human relationship, a good story teller and a charming and
inspiring character. I cherish the visit, as it made me see differently,"
he wrote.
Hon
Onyekachi said that the Onowu does not felicitate with nonsense and vanity fair
and he is straight to the point and prompt, gives you reason to laugh and
smoothly deflates you long held but wrong notions about things and persons. “He is a leader who provides leadership effortlessly, makes
you see the need for followership and team playing. Unlike your regular politician,
he does not promise whatever he is not committed to. He neither massages ego
nor makes light your burden with words but action. To cap it up, learning is a continuous process. For me and I
believe also of those who flock around him, what I learnt within a year is so
redefining and reinventing. Join me and celebrate this iconic personality
regardless that it is not his birthday. When the birthday comes, we won't fail
to draw lines with words in exact shapes and sizes,” he concluded.
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