By Emeka Amaefula
MEET PORT HARCOURT CELEBRITY LADY LOIS OSARUCHI AHIAKWO AS SHE EMERGES VICE PRESIDENT SOUTH SOUTH FEMALE COUNCILLORS FORUM IN NIGERIA
The tall delectable grassroot high profile female Port Harcourt City Ward 4 Councillor in Rivers state South South Nigeria, Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo wears a new crown as she recently got elected Vice President South- South Female Councillors Forum of Nigeria. This calm, clever looking well focused grassroot female politician, Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo is one of the most visible Councillors currently serving their people of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area popularly addressed as PHALGA with 20 politically delienated Wards.
The cosmopolitan nature of Ward 4 Constituency comprising the BRICK HOUSE, Rivers State Government House arena makes Honourable Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo a prominent female politician who oversees to the day to day affairs of high profile constituents including the number one citizen Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara and his family. Other constituents in Ward 4 include the routinue of Government officials living inside the Government residential Areas GRA popularly known as Old GRA. With this background it is a herculean task for any Councillor who gets the nod of the first family in Rivers state as Honourable Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo shoulders much of the responsibilities of making sure that her constituents are well taken care of including the Service Commanders who also live in their official Quarters inside PHALGA Ward 4 Constituency.
As she plays host to various high profile dignatories who regularly come for Government activities, her visibility remains topnotch in the political equation of Rivers state. She got elected under Action Peoples Party – APP, on 5th October, 2024 during the Rivers state Local Government Council elections with 319 electoral wards in 23 Local Government Areas participating in the successful conduct of the thurd tier political structure in Nigeria.
One serious issue is the fact that Action Peoples Party – APP just emerged as one the newest political parties apart the two most prominent political parties made up of Peoples Democratic Party – PDP and All Progressives Congress – APC and others. Among the 20 Councillors elected to serve their good people of Rivers state are women of repute who have the female affirmative action of inclusive agenda in the political space in Rivers state where there are two elected female Chairpersons in Akuku Toru and Bonny Island Local Government Areas of Rivers state. With each of the remaining 21 LGAs having female Deputy Chairmen occupying their seats in the Local Government Areas of Rivers state.
For Honourable Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo, her intimidating personal aura with deep listening ears and her imposing gait arouses attention to anyone that encounters her at any political meeting. These unput-downable inticing qualities of her personality contributed to her election as Vice President of South-South Female Councillors Forum of Nigeria.
Again, her background as a Realtor in the Real Estate Management business provided her with the much needed exposure in the management of human beings some with complex inclinations yet she comes out successful on each of her transactions that earn a veritable source of living.
It was all these attributes that led her fellow female Councillors from over four thousand Wards in the six states that made up South- South geo-political zone in Nigeria. These are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Delta and Rivers state all the female Councillors trusted Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo as their Vice President which comes with high responsibilities of travelling around the oil rich Local Government Areas in the Niger Delta region and beyond. Most of the stated objectives of the 3rd tier of Government in Nigeria include the implementation of the achievement of Sustainable Develoment Goals- SDGs in compliance with United Nations mandate for all the three tiers of Government in the developing nations like Nigeria.
For those who are in the look out for the political growth of Honourable Councillor Lady Lois Osaruchi Ahiakwo now is her entry point on the long road to offering herself for the service of her good people of Rivers state and Nigeria.
———Emeka Amaefula—-+234(0)8111813069——–
