EULOGY TO A CHAIR LEADER MUMMY JOY NKECHI AGATHA CHIDOBEM

It is with heavy heart that I pen down this eulogy to a wonderful woman. A woman of excellence, a dear sister, friend and chair leader Auntie Nkechi Joy Chidobem. You were a woman of substance, intellect, insightful, articulate, organized, of kind disposition, friendly and a go getter. You were always on the move, active, effective and never left what can be done now for a minute longer. Impossibility is not in your lexicon.
Your presence and approach to issues has profound effects and inspires confidence and winning spirit among your siblings and all of us that have come to know and associate with you. You were like the proverbial mother hen to all, guiding, directing and taking hard decisions when occasion so demands. Above all you stood in the gap for all of us in prayers. Since our part crossed through your younger brother Chika Ozo Chime (Ome-Ise 1) of Udi Ancient Kingdom, you became part of my family and have always shown concern for our welfare and well-being. When the news that you were hospitalized in faraway United States got to me, my first reaction was that nothing can hold you down and that in no time you will be up and running again. Anyone that knows you well would not be surprise at this my position. But how wrong I was, because from that journey you joined the saints triumphant and transited to eternal glory on 14 th January, 2024. As we all know, man naturally is a creature of destiny and when it is time, nothing can really stop it. The strongest fails, the mighty falls and the wise lacks counsel. This was your case my dear sister. The book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 summed it up thus “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven, a time
to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted”. Mummy Joy, you came, you saw and you conquered as summed up by St. Paul’s Valedictory in 2 Timothy 4:7-8 “You have fought the good fight, you have finished the race, you have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for you the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to you on this Day”.
You will be profoundly missed my dear big sister.
Fare well big Auntie,
Fare well Mummy Joy
Fare well Ada CU King, till we meet again in paradise.

Chief Chidozie Paul Eneh and Family.
(Eka Ekpuchi Onwa 1) of Udi Ancient Kingdom