Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has showered encomium on Prince Tonye Princewill, the scion of the kalabari kingdom, describing him as a special breed and rare gift to humanity, whose sense of selfless service has unarguably transformed the lives of countless people within and outside Rivers State.
In a statement to mark Princewill’s 53rd birthday, the party chieftain stated that Princewill deserved praises for his laudable contributions to education, sports, film industry, politics, media, youths and women development and above all touching the lives of the less priviledged in the society.
“Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill, better addressed as the ‘Prince of Niger Delta Politics’ is one of the great politicians who have distinguished himself in the politics of the State and the country at large. A Nigerian investor, film producer and philanthropist, Princewill was the 2015 Labour Party and 2007 Action Congress nominee for the Governorship of Rivers State and currently a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ally of former Rivers Governor and Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi”.
“One time political associate of then former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alh. Atiku Abubakar and the former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Tonye Princewill has remained an inspiration to the younger generation especially those aspiring for greatness and yearning for a better and more prosperous, united Nigeria”.
” Princewill is a grass-root politician who made history when in 2007, he resolved to join forces with Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in 2007 to form the most successful unity Government ever in Nigeria”.
” He has achieved great feats and attained very enviable heights which many dread to even attempt. From successfully running Riverdrill, his oil and gas conglomerate and other business interests with hundreds of Nigerians meaningfully engaged, to being the youngest gubernatorial candidate in Rivers state elections of 2007, where he was candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Prince was also Labour Party Governorship candidate in 2015″.
“The birth of Prince Tonye Princewill, the son and scion to the famous King (Prof) Theophilus Jacob Tom Princewill (CFR), Amachree XI, the Amayanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, coincides with that of his father who turns 91 today”.
“This unique coincidence in the birth of father and son is very significant and distinguishes the household of Prof. TJT Princewill from other families on the planet”.
“Having followed this young man for over a decade, I can bodly say a comprehensive account of the politics of Rivers State will be grossly defective without the mention of this enigma; a technocrat of the highest order, an accomplished businessman, a consummate politician and a philanthropist per excellence, whose impact in the political engineering of the State cannot be overemphasised. He stands out as a professional engineer and a business magnate, who did not take politics as a profession for lack of means of livelihood but as a means to attract democratic dividends to the people”.
“To many Rivers State people, he is the Prince of the less privileged while to his political associates he is the Prince of the Niger Delta Politics and to most of his friends from the other parts of the country, he is the latest Bridge Builder while to you the reader he is a consummate politician!
“I must confess that in my interaction with human beings within my sixty four years of sojourn on fourth, I have come across very few strong-willed personalities comparable to Tonye Princewill. But of them all, none can be described as an unassuming but very dogged in the pursuit of any course he believes to a fault. An accomplished academic, an orator and a patriot, a charismatic politician, an outstanding philanthropist, a voice for the voiceless, a study in humility, a great manager of human resources, a fearless warrior and unassuming humanist, foresighted and a believer in a united, stronger and viable Rivers State”.
“This special gift to the people of Rivers State and Nigeria is the only child of his father, HM King Prof. T. J. T. Princewil, Amachree XI the famous Amanayanabo of Kalabari kingdom, a renowned Scholar and first class Royal father in Rivers State”.
Chief Eze prayed God to bless and multiply him in all spheres and beyond human imagination.
