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Task before Iwuanyanwu as new Ohanaeze PG, by HURIWA

By Bertram Nwannekanma
03 May 2023   |   4:11 am
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, set an agenda for the newly elected President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, set an agenda for the newly elected President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

     
HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, congratulated the elder statesman and tasked him to rebuild Ohanaeze, so that every Igbo person will feel a sense of belonging and ownership of the governance process.
   
The group said Ohanaeze needs to be comprehensively reformed with a plan to issue membership cards to fee paying Igbo adults to stop infiltration by interlopers and fraudsters whose gods are their bellies. 
 
“The new President-General needs to look at how to attract rich Igbo industrialists to set up industries in Igboland for production and manufacturing of essential items needed by Nigerians, but first, governments of the five Igbo states must create the enabling environment safe enough for Igbo and other willing investors to set up factories in the South East.  
 
“Ohanaeze needs to encourage Igbo governors to attract investors to set up power plants to provide energy sources for rapid industrialisation of Igboland so that wealth and jobs could be created for the Igbo race, and people would not depend on politics for survival,” the group said. 
   
HURIWA added that the new President-General must ensure transformation in areas of education, agriculture, industrialisation, electricity, and power generation, health, among others. It reminded Iwuanyanwu that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has just assented to a legislation allowing states to generate their electricity. 
 
Recall that Iwuanyanwu assumed office as Ohanaeze President General on Sunday, and vowed to work assiduously to ensure that Igbo land is transformed.  He had previously contested for the much-coveted position on three occasions, but did not succeed.
   
The group added: “We, at HURIWA, congratulate Iwuanyanwu as President General of Ohanaeze. No doubt, destiny has thrust a huge responsibility upon his shoulders.”

“Having unsuccessfully contested the position on many occasions till the last successful one, it is expected that he takes advantage of the opportunity and rebuild Ohanaeze, so that every Igbo person will feel a sense of belonging and ownership of the governance process, and contribute, and to enable the cultural group become financially self-reliant rather than being bootlickers of governors of South-East states due to paucity of operational funds.” 

 

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