Ohanaeze hails Tinubu, picks Umahi as 2024 Igbo man of the year
30 December 2024 |
3:12 am
A faction of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, said that the group picked the former Governor of Ebonyi State and Minister of Works, David Umahi, as 2024 Igbo man of the year.
A faction of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, said that the group picked the former Governor of Ebonyi State and Minister of Works, David Umahi, as 2024 Igbo man of the year.
In a statement in Abakaliki, the Secretary General of the Chidi Ibeh-led faction of Ohanaeze, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said that after critical evaluation and independent assessment of public office holders of Igbo extraction within the 2024 framework, Umahi was picked as Igbo man of the year, beating the likes of Hope Uzodinma, Benjamin Kalu and others to the position.
He equally thanked President Bola Tinubu for being the first President to remember Ndigbo, adding that his administration’s impactful recognition of the Southeastern region marks a landmark shift not witnessed in 55 years since the conclusion of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970.
He noted that Ohanaeze Ndigbo employed a rigorous model of evaluation on critical areas, which includes infrastructure development, job creation, insecurity solutions, democratic inclusiveness and historical and current antecedents, adding that Umahi stands tall among other people .
Isiguzoro further stated that Ohanaeze extends their commendation to Governors Peter Mba and Francis Nwaifuru of Enugu and Ebonyi States, who exhibited exemplary governance by allowing their elected local council chairmen full access to the benefits that stem from local council autonomy, thereby promoting transparency and accountability.
The statement reads: “The apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, takes this momentous occasion to express its admiration for President Bola Tinubu. His administration’s impactful recognition of the Southeastern region marks a landmark shift not witnessed in 55 years since the conclusion of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970.
“His commitment to massive infrastructure development throughout the South-East, largely orchestrated by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, positions the region for a future that is decidedly more prosperous and hopeful.
“In our thorough and independent assessment of public office holders of Igbo extraction within the 2024 framework, Ohanaeze Ndigbo employed a rigorous model of evaluation. This new set of “Igbo Performance Perimeters and Indexes” provided a transparent and quantifiable means to hold public officials accountable.”
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