H.R. No. 702 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is exceedingly 1-2 pleased to welcome His Excellency, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the governor 1-3 of Abia State, Nigeria, and Mazi Felix N. Oji, the president of the 1-4 Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce in Owerri, on the occasion of 1-5 their visit to the Lone Star State; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Born on December 1, 1951, to His Royal Highness, Eze 1-7 David Aba Onu, the Eze Adu of Uburu, Dr. Onu was graduated from the 1-8 University of Lagos in 1976 with a first-class honors degree in 1-9 chemical engineering; four years later, this outstanding scholar 1-10 completed his education, earning his doctorate from the University 1-11 of California at Berkeley; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Following his return to Nigeria, Dr. Onu became the 1-13 first head of the department of chemical engineering at the 1-14 University of Port Harcourt; and 1-15 WHEREAS, A highly talented researcher, he was a pioneering 1-16 member of the Governing Council of the Federal Government Raw 1-17 Materials Research and Development Council of Nigeria and 1-18 demonstrated his strong commitment to improving his country's 1-19 industrial capacity through his service as National President of 1-20 the Raw Material Society of Nigeria; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Admired and respected for his outstanding leadership 1-22 and integrity, His Excellency was awarded the 1990 Industrial Merit 1-23 Award of the Anambra State Council Nigerian Union of Journalists; 1-24 and 2-1 WHEREAS, Dr. Onu has traveled to the United States to 2-2 implement the establishment of the Technical Cooperation and 2-3 Exchange Program between Abia State, Nigeria, and various states in 2-4 the United States; through this program, which has been organized 2-5 by the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce under the experienced 2-6 leadership of Mr. Oji, Dr. Onu plans to form alliances with various 2-7 levels of government to expand the American market into Africa and 2-8 to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises, especially 2-9 minority-owned businesses, in the United States to work directly 2-10 with their counterparts in Nigeria toward achieving the common goal 2-11 of private sector-oriented economic development; and 2-12 WHEREAS, It is indeed fitting that we welcome our 2-13 distinguished visitors to the Capitol today, extend to them sincere 2-14 best wishes for success with the Technical Cooperation and Exchange 2-15 Program, and accord them honorary Texas citizenship in recognition 2-16 of their worthy goals; now, therefore, be it 2-17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 2-18 Legislature hereby extend a warm welcome to His Excellency, 2-19 Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, and to Mr. Mazi Felix N. Oji, as the founders 2-20 and promoters of this grand initiative for prosperity and 2-21 development, and that these respected gentlemen be named honorary 2-22 Texans with all the rights and privileges appertaining to such 2-23 citizenship; and, be it further 2-24 RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared 2-25 for Dr. Onu and Mr. Oji as mementos of their visit to the Lone Star 2-26 State and as an expression of highest regard by the Texas House of 2-27 Representatives. 3-1 Representatives. 3-2 Hunter of Taylor 3-3 H.R. No. 702 3-4 Laney Giddings Munoz 3-5 Alexander Glaze Naishtat 3-6 Allen Goodman Nieto 3-7 Alonzo Goolsby Oakley 3-8 Alvarado Granoff Ogden 3-9 Averitt Gray Oliveira 3-10 Bailey Greenberg Park 3-11 Berlanga Grusendorf Parra 3-12 Black Gutierrez Patterson 3-13 Blackwood Haggerty Pitts 3-14 Bomer Hamric Place 3-15 Bosse Harris Price 3-16 Brady Hartnett Puente 3-17 Brimer Heflin Rabuck 3-18 Cain Hernandez Ramsay 3-19 Campbell Hightower Rangel 3-20 Carona Hilbert Raymond 3-21 Carter Hilderbran Rodriguez 3-22 Chisum Hill Romo 3-23 Clemons Hirschi Rudd 3-24 Coleman Hochberg Sadler 3-25 Combs Holzheauser Saunders 3-26 Conley Horn Schechter 3-27 Cook Hudson Seidlits 4-1 Corte Hunter of Taylor Shields 4-2 Counts Hunter of Nueces Siebert 4-3 Crabb Jackson A. Smith of Harris 4-4 Craddick James D. Smith of Harris 4-5 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Smithee 4-6 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Solis 4-7 Culberson Jones of Dallas Stiles 4-8 Danburg Junell Swinford 4-9 Davila Kamel Tallas 4-10 Davis Krusee Talton 4-11 De La Garza Kubiak Telford 4-12 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Tarrant 4-13 Delco Lewis Thompson of Harris 4-14 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Coleman 4-15 Denton Longoria Turner of Harris 4-16 Driver Luna Uher 4-17 Duncan McCall Van de Putte 4-18 Dutton McCoulskey Vowell 4-19 Earley McDonald West 4-20 Eckels Madden Williamson 4-21 Edwards Marchant Willis 4-22 Erickson Martin Wilson 4-23 Finnell Maxey Wolens 4-24 Flores Moffat Yarbrough 4-25 Gallego Moreno Yost 4-26 Gallegos Mowery Zbranek 4-27 H.R. No. 702 5-1 _______________________________ 5-2 Speaker of the House 5-3 I certify that H.R. No. 702 was adopted by the House on May 5-4 13, 1993, by a non-record vote. 5-5 _______________________________ 5-6 Chief Clerk of the House