By Sunny Anderson Osiebe...
The Deputy President of the
Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has hailed the election of the former Minister
of Information, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, as the President-General of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo.
Reacting to the Tuesday
election of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ekweremadu described Nnia
Nwodo as a cerebral intellectual with well established contacts across Nigeria
and beyond, hence capable of helping Ndigbo to regain lost ground.
He said: “I congratulate
Chief Nnia Nwodo and his team on their emergence. I have confidence in their
ability to further reposition the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation and
relaunch Ndigbo to a higher reckoning in the country, while also working with
other parts of the nation for the overall development of Nigeria.
“I expect them to work with
the Igbo civil society, the diaspora community, town unions, governments,
political elites, and other parts of the country to bring out the best of the
famed Igbo resourcefulness, intellect, and collectivism for the social,
economic, and political transformation of Igbo Land and Nigeria”.
Ekweremadu, who commended
Ohanaeze for a rancour-free election, also tasked the new officers on an
all-inclusive administration that accommodates and utilises the capacities of
those who contested against them.
He equally congratulated
the newly elected executive of the Enugu State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo led
by Hon. Alex Chiedozie Ogbonnia.
He described Hon. Ogbonnia
as a capable hand and social mobiliser, urging him to further boost the
presence, scope, and efforts of Ohanaeze in Enugu State.
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