Politics
THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide will hold a retreat with the theme, Ako Bu Ije at the Old Government Lodge, Abakiliki Road, GRA, Enugu, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
The former military governor of the Old Anambra and the Old Imo States; and the former Chief of Naval Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Admiral Allison Amaechina Madueke will be the chairman of the event.
The need for an Igbo Retreat has become very imperative in view of the prevailing circumstances in Nigeria as they affect Ndigbo.
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is committed to lift Ohanaeze from its present provenance to a glorious and enviable pedestal where it can harness the Igbo natural endowments and creative potentials for the benefits of Igbo land in particular and the entire Nigeria in general.
The Igbo Leader laments that those virtues and values, which were the Igbo characteristics are fast evanescing.
Iwuanyanwu recalls with an emotional nostalgia the group’s resourcefulness, team spirit, entrepreneurship, tenacity and resilience that placed the Michael Okpara administration as the fastest developing economy in Africa.
The Igbo Leader explained that time has come for the Igbo to reflect deeply on how to transform the Igboland into a tourist and investment destination.
He enthused that all the human and material resources that are required to develop the Igboland are within us and that we only need to give them direction and momentum to achieve the desired goals.
The Igbo Leader has set up some committees that will help to drive the Ohanaeze transcendental vision to reality.
The Committees include the Education Trust Fund; Youth Employment and Skill Acquisition; Committee on Business Leaders; Culture and Tradition; Reconciliation and Peace Building and a Committee on the Diaspora.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Ohanaeze Retreat, and the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, disclosed that the Chairman of the Education Trust Fund is a seasoned scholar and a priest, Professor Chinedu Nebo with Ezechi Chukwu as the Secretary, while the Committee on Culture and Tradition is headed by His Majesty, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, (Agbogidi), the Obi of Onitsha with Mike Nnakwuzie as the Secretary.
The Chairmen of Traditional Rulers Council of Igbo States are members of the Committee on Culture and Tradition. Senator Chris Ngige, the former Governor of Anambra State and former Minister for Labour and Productivity is the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Employment and Skill Acquisition with Peter Mbam as the Secretary, while the Committee on Business Leaders is chaired by a renowned industrialist, Sam Ohuabunwa and the Chairman of the ABC Transport, Chief Frank Nneji as the Secretary.
Ambassador Emuchay added that the committee on the Diaspora is headed by Sam Obaji with Peter Aneke as the Secretary, while the Committee on Reconciliation and Peace Building in Nigeria is headed by Domnic Nnaemeka Okechukwu, amongst others.
According to the statement by the secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the retreat will feature paper presentations by eminent scholars and accomplished technocrats.
Professor Okey Ikechukwu is the Lead paper presenter. Others include Professor Nnenna Oti, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri will speak on Education: Technological Innovations and entrepreneurship in Igboland, while Nnaemeka Obiaraeri will speak on Agriculutural Development and Food Sufficiency in Igboland; Professor Maurice Iwu will deliver a paper on Healthcare: Harnessing the Potentials in Igbo Traditional Medicine and Monsignor Professor Obiora Ike will speak on Re-orientation of Values – A panacea to Insecurity in Igboland.
The Host Governor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the Governor of Enugu State; the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Professor Charles Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State; Chief Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State; Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, the Governor of Ebonyi State; the Igbo Senators, Members of the House of Representatives; Members of the Ohanaeze Presidential Advisory Council, Association of Town Unions led by Emeka Ndiwe and indeed many other dignitaries will be in attendance.
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-March 21, 2024 @ 10:32 GMT|
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