Umahi however urged the southeast people especially their leaders to throw their weight behind the incoming Presidency of Bola Tinubu to mainstream the region into the scheme of things in the country.
He made the call during a Thanksgiving/dedication of Certificates of Return service for the elected candidates on the platform of APC during the last general elections in the State at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, Sunday.
He appealed to those who had different interests in the elections to put behind them the outcomes and embrace the will of God in the affairs of the Nation.
"The South East people, the elections have come and gone, if it has pleased God that the President-elect will not be, he wouldn't have given him victory but he has given him victory, so I tell our people, it is time to begin to do things to respect God.
"It is time for the Igbos to support the Government in power, it is time for the Igbos to stop attacking Government in power."
He appealed to all and sundry to close ranks with the incoming administration at the centre to rebuild the Nation for peace and economic stability.
"The elections have come and gone, it is time to rebuild our Nation. Before the election, I told you that Tinubu will win and now he has won, whom God has given victory, no man can stop."
While appreciating God for the grace of the mammoth accomplishments of his administration in the state, Engineer Umahi thanked Ebonyians for their support of his administration.
"Every Leader comes with his own God's anointing, my attitude this afternoon is the attitude of David in the Bible, the attitude of Thanksgiving.
"I remain eternally grateful to God for what he has done for us in Ebonyi, where do we start, we came on a Divine Mandate and nobody gave us a chance.
"We express gratitude to God and we express gratitude to man, so thank everybody that God used.
"When I stood on equity, justice and fairness, I made enemies, but the enemies are the enemies I am happy I made but God is the God of equity, justice and fairness.
"The Office of the Governor is very challenging, it has always been very challenging, we had two recessions, we have COVID and people that wanted to destroy our society, the #ENDSARS, but we survived all these, so we have to be grateful to God.
"It is an opportunity to thank my wife so much and we are going to be uniting again as husband and wife because there will not be any project to supervise, she has endured me so much.
"I thank Mr. Speaker very well, for the past eight years, he has collected so many bullets for me."
The Governor also counselled Leaders to deemphasize gossip in their affairs in order not to be led astray.
"Every Leader must not listen to gossip. When I hand over, I will be handing over all the support groups to the Speaker, I will only take my family, there will not be two loyalties in the State."
Engineer Umahi also used the opportunity to announce the outlawing of scrap businesses and scrap markets in the state due to the unwholesome activities of marketers.
While clarifying that it has become a grievous offence to trade in scrap materials in any part of the State, Engineer Umahi charged Development Centre Workers to evolve ways to clean up their Centre Headquarters to make them serene for work.
"If you go to the Development Centres you see grasses everywhere but there are people taking salaries without doing the work.
"If you don't treat public things as your own, you are wasting your time, Development Centre Workers should arrange how they will begin to clear and clean their Centres, and people must begin to work.
Earlier in a sermon, the Chairman, of the Christian Association of Nigeria, South East Zone, Reverend Father Abraham Nwali enjoined the incoming administration to prioritize the Health of the people bearing in mind that no meaningful development can take place without affordable health care delivery to the Citizens.
He commended Governor Umahi for insisting on Justice, equity and fairness in the choice of his successor in the State.
Governor David Nweze Umahi read the first Bible lesson while the Governor-elect took the second Bible lesson.
