By:  West                                        S.R. No. 848
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is greatly
    1-3  pleased to welcome the Governor of Abia State, His Excellency,
    1-4  Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who is presently visiting the Lone Star State;
    1-5  and
    1-6        WHEREAS, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was born on December 1, 1951,
    1-7  to His Royal Highness, Eze David Aba Onu, the Eze Adu of Uburu;
    1-8  and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu graduated with a first class
   1-10  honors degree in chemical engineering from the University of Lagos
   1-11  in 1976; Dr. Onu earned his doctoral degree from the University of
   1-12  California at Berkeley in 1980; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, After he returned to Nigeria, Dr. Onu became
   1-14  the first head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the
   1-15  University of Port Harcourt; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, A highly talented researcher, he was a pioneer
   1-17  member of the Governing Council of the Federal Government Raw
   1-18  Materials Research and Development Council of Nigeria; committed
   1-19  to improving his country's industrial capacity, he also served as
   1-20  National President of the Raw Material Society of Nigeria; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, He also was the recipient of the 1990 Industrial
   1-22  Merit Award of the Anambra State Council Nigerian Union of
   1-23  Journalists; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, Admired and respected for his outstanding
    2-2  leadership and integrity, His Excellency has traveled to the
    2-3  United States of America to implement the establishment of a
    2-4  "Technical Cooperation and Exchange Program" between Abia State
    2-5  of Nigeria, the United States of America, and the individual
    2-6  states within the United States; and
    2-7        WHEREAS, Dr. Onu plans to form alliances with various
    2-8  levels of government to expand the American market into Africa and
    2-9  encourage American small and medium-sized enterprises, especially
   2-10  minority-owned businesses, to work directly with their counterparts
   2-11  in Nigeria, Africa, for private-sector-oriented economic
   2-12  development; and
   2-13        WHEREAS, The philosophy behind the program that Dr. Onu is
   2-14  here to establish is to encourage economic growth through free
   2-15  enterprise development in Africa; now, therefore, be it
   2-16        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-17  73rd Legislature, hereby warmly welcome His Excellency,
   2-18  Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, to the State of Texas and declare him an
   2-19  Honorary Texan with all attendant rights and privileges thereof;
   2-20  and, be it further
   2-21        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-22  Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu as a memento of his visit to the State of Texas.
   2-23                                 _____________________________________
   2-24                                        President of the Senate
   2-25                                      I hereby certify that the
    3-1                                 above Resolution was adopted by
    3-2                                 the Senate on May 5, 1993.
    3-3                                 _____________________________________
    3-4                                        Secretary of the Senate
    3-5                                 _____________________________________
    3-6                                         Member, Texas Senate