It is often acknowledged that great deeds start from humble beginnings and such is the case of Rt Hon. Francis Nwafuru The Executive Governor Of Ebonyi State, Whose Meteoric Rise from the squalor to become the Number 1 citizen of the state has raised thousands of eyebrows over the sensational transformation of His Excellency from the day’s of being a low profiled bricklayer to how he found favour and grace which saw him catapult to attain envious heights through his political sojourn.
According to reports spreading like wildfire from online sources, In the year 2010 While He was a bricklayer in his village izzi. it was there that mother luck smiled on him when he caught the attention of a particular benefactor who nurtured and sponsored him to be elected as a member of Ebonyi State House Of Assembly As A Member Representing His Constituency.
Hon. Francis Would later Ascend Through the Ranks To Become A Speaker Of the House in later years. It was said that after achieving such feat, He found favour with the then Governor Who Decided to Nominate Him As likely Candidate For Replacement Under the Platform of the Ruling Party All progressive Congress (APC), And Successor To The State House After The Expiration Of His Tenure As Governor Of Ebonyi State.
Rumour has it that He wrote Senior School Certificate Examination While He was still serving as a member of Ebonyi State House of Assembly.
If anyone had foretold his wife that the man she married as a bricklayer would later become governor in the coming years. Neither would she had believed such prophecy to be so true to come to manifestation.
Despite the fact that parents of the wife trained her in school and hails from a well to do family,yet she was contented with marrying a relative struggling bricklayer who was said to be involved in the art of molding bricks for a living.
This real life story should serve as a boost for those who currently experience one challenge or the other not to give up on themselves but to take a clue from the grass to grace story of His Excellency Rt Hon Francis Nwafuru’s propelled shot through the echelons of his political heights from obscurity to becoming a force to be reckoned with in the annals of Ebonyi State.
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