FELICITATIONS TO HIS EXCELLENCY BARR. DR. PETER NDUBUISI MBAH
FROM THE IGWE-ELECT OF AGUOBU IWOLLO AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY AND THE GOOD PEOPLE OF IWOLLO WARD, EZEAGU LGA, ENUGU STATE.
As His Excellency marks another remarkable milestone in office, the Igwe-elect of Aguobu Iwollo Autonomous Community, Engr. Charles Maduka Aliozo, together with the good people of Iwollo Ward, Ezeagu Local Government Area, heartily congratulates and felicitates with you for your visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to grassroots development.
The Igwe-elect of Aguobu Iwollo Autonomous Community, Engr. Charles Maduka Aliozo, delivering his goodwill message to His Excellency, Barr. Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Governor of Enugu State, in the presence of Directors from the Enugu State Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Chieftaincy Affairs, during the event marking his formal emergence as Igwe-elect, held at the Community Primary School (CPS) field.
Our agrarian community, Aguobu Iwollo, has benefited immensely from your administration’s inclusive governance. As you celebrate impactful years in office, we proudly acknowledge the transformational strides your government has delivered across Iwollo ward, Ezeagu LGA, and the entire state, particularly through people-centered policies anchored on your Tomorrow Is Here vision.
Through the Enugu Community Action Response Stimulus (EN-CARES) program, implemented via Enugu CSDA under your Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aguobu Iwollo and neighboring communities in our ward now enjoy reliable access to clean water. We are also witnessing significant improvements and transformations in our rural roads, smart schools, and Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres, these are critical and life-changing interventions for our historically underserved region.
Your Excellency’s leadership has also catalyzed a bold new model for sustainable agriculture through the establishment of the solar-powered off-grid Refrigerated Aggregation Center and integrated greenhouse clusters in Aguobu Iwollo. This innovative pilot project, championed by our Igwe-elect, Engr. Charles Maduka Aliozo, in partnership with the Enugu State Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Industrialization, Enugu State Polytechnic Iwollo, Enugu State Marketing Company and international development partners, is modeling a Net-Zero Circular Economy tailored to rural agrarian communities.
As part of his ongoing project in Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Igwe-elect researched global cold-chain logistics leaders like Americold Realty Trust. He then adapted those insights to develop a replicable renewable energy-powered produce aggregation center and value-added services using the swarm electrification model for African farming communities. With this model, he supported Extractis mining operations in transitioning to a zero-waste framework, repurposing to a zero-waste framework, repurposing by-products from coal exploration, into agricultural inputs; a case study now being piloted in Aguobu Iwollo, a community with 24 farm settlements, coal and other natural resources. This is what his partnership with your government is bringing down to our agrarian region to revitalize our agri-cultural heritage.
Cross-section of some guests at the launch. L-R: Rev Fr. Prof. Ambrose Nwankwo, Rector, Enugu State Polytechnic; His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Barr. Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, represented by the Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro Industrialization, Hon. Patrick Nwabueze Ubru; Engr. Uzochukwu Mbamalu, CEO, Manamuz Electric; Engr. Charles Aliozo, Igwe-elect Aguobu Iwollo, the co-founder and Chief Project Officer, Manamuz Electric; Engr. Mike Ogbuekwe, Special Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State on Agriculture; Rev. Fr. Prof. Anieke Christian, Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University; Fr. Diego De Joda, OPUS DEI Iwollo
This model, launched on April 26, 2024, by Your Excellency (ably represented by Hon. Patrick Nwabueze Uburu, Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialization), has already achieved remarkable results:
- Trained over 1,500 women and youths
- Provided constant free water supply for irrigation and community domestic use
- Created over 15 direct jobs and 2,000–4,500 indirect jobs
- Enabled seamless market access across farms from Olo Ezeagu North LGA to Eke Udi LGA.
Integrated private greenhouse clusters like Andy Young Farms and Barthoks Farms in the region into the aggregation centers cold supply chain networks.
Pictures showing some beneficiaries of the Energizing Women and Youths Program with the Igwe-Elect, WATEA (Women in Agricultural Technical Education and Apprenticeship) program beneficiaries with the Igwe-Elect, and Aguobu Iwollo Community Secondary School pupils on an excursion at the facility.
The Igwe-Elect of Aguobu Iwollo Engr. Charles M. Aliozo, with partners and potential partners visiting the facility, including Hon. Obiora Obeagu, Chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area; Hon. Greg Chijioke Anyaegbudike, Chairman of Oji River Local Government Area; Prof. Bato Okolo, Managing Director of Barthoks Farms and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; and Hon. Patrick Nwabueze Uburu, Commissioner and Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialization.
This is transforming Enugu’s agricultural landscape, positioning the state as a model of sustainable production and consumption in Nigeria and beyond. We are grateful to Your Excellency for approving the scale-up of this model across other LGAs in Enugu State.
Enugu Fresh Produce Aggregation and Storage Arena (EF–PASA), Aguobu Iwollo — a fully solar-powered facility hub delivering access to swam electrification, clean cooling, potable water, irrigation, and climate-smart agriculture for agrarian farmers in Aguobu Iwollo, Ezeagu Local Government Area, and surrounding regions.
Aguobu Iwollo, with its deep agricultural heritage, 24 historical farm settlements (locally known as Agu), and multiple freshwater rockbed sources, proudly hosts this pioneering infrastructure, despite the ongoing presence of mining activities. This initiative is rewiring our local economy for resilience, inclusion, and long term prosperity.
As we mark a new chapter in our traditional leadership, we extend our sincere appreciation for your community-empowering governance. Your leadership continues to inspire first-mile innovation and rekindles hope across the state.
The Igwe-elect further calls on all stakeholders, traditional rulers, town unions, and citizens of Iwollo Ward to unite behind the Tomorrow Is Here agenda and fully support this green political-economic vision from the grassroots to the national and international stage.
Once again, we congratulate Your Excellency and pray for continued strength, wisdom, and lasting impact in your service to the people of Enugu State.
Long live Aguobu Iwollo!
Long live Ezeagu LGA!
Long live Enugu State!
Long live His Excellency Barr. Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah!
Signed:
Engr. Charles Maduka Aliozo, R.Eng
Igwe-elect, Aguobu Iwollo Autonomous Community
On behalf of Iwollo Ward and Ezeagu Local Government Area.