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Govs, Igbo Leaders Meet In Enugu, Adopt Iwuanyanwu As Ohanaeze PG

by Victor Ndubuisi
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On Sunday, Chief Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, the Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo, was unanimously elected and installed as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide by the five governors of the South-East states and other zone leaders.

The decision was made at a private meeting of Ohanaeze Imeobi members with the governors and other Igbo leaders that took place in the state-of-the-art Banquet Hall in Enugu that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s government had just finished building. The Old Government Lodge, GRA, Enugu’s renovated Old Government Lodge, is where you’ll find the banquet hall.

The conference was attended by Governor Ugwuanyi, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, and Prof. Placid Njoku, who each represented the Deputy Governors of the states of Abia, Ebonyi, and Imo.

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Other Igbo leaders at the event include former governors of Imo and Anambra states, Chief Ikedi Okakim and Mr. Peter Obi who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded general election; former President of the Senate, Chief Adolphus Wabara; Governor-elect of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah; Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Amb. Okey Emeuche; former Presidents General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo Igariwey and Chief John Nnia Nwodo; and wife of the first President of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Uche Azikiwe.

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Others were serving and former members of the National Assembly; serving and former ministers and ambassadors; clergymen; Obi of Onitsha, HRM Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe; Chairman, South East Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH Amb. Lawrence Agubuzu and other royal fathers; elder statesmen; Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo of South East states; National President, Association of Town Unions, Chief Sir Emeka Diwe and other members of the executive; and Town Union Presidents of the South East states, etc.

Chief Iwuanyanwu praised the Igbo leaders and the entire South East zone in his acceptance address for considering him deserving of leading the operations of the top Igbo socio-cultural organization.

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The South East governors were especially praised by the new President General for their support of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.

He pledged to put in his best effort, take on the challenge, uphold and forward the Igbo course.

Among other things, Chief Iwuanyanwu said that during his administration he would work to reform education, agriculture, industrialization, the production of electricity, and health, and he urged everyone to work together and assist him in this endeavor.

The President General who pointed out with delight that “this is the first time I have seen the five governors of the South East coming together to take up and support a course” stated that his emergence is a new dawn in Igbo land as “the governors are united in that project and I am very proud of you.”

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Chief Iwuanyanwu praised Governor Ugwuanyi for renovating the Old Government Lodge in Enugu and building a suitable banquet hall within its grounds where his adoption and inauguration as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo took place. He was impressed with the governor’s performance and his legitimacy in upholding and promoting Enugu’s enviable status as the historic capital of the old Eastern Nigeria and the South East.

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He regarded the episode as more than simply a historical coincidence and as a demonstration of Governor Ugwuanyi’s great judgment and commitment to the future of the Igbo people.

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“This is a new dawn in Igbo land. The governors are united and focused. For example, the Governor of Enugu State, a man that I have always known as a young man; he has done very well as a governor and I am very proud of him.

“Now I am here, this place is a hallowed ground. This place is the former Government Lodge of Eastern Nigeria. This is where our great leader Zik used to stay. Everything about Eastern Nigeria was conceived here.

“Governor Ugwuanyi has re-activated this place. This is a very good coincidence in history that my inauguration and my acceptance are being performed on this ground. From this ground we emerged in 1960 from a relatively low back point to be number one in Nigeria, number one in education, number one in industry, number one in progress, etc,” he said.

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