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  • Ex-minister Nwodo endorsed as Ohanaeze president general

    Two-time minister Chief John Nnia Nwodo from Enugu State may become the president general of the apex Igbo  organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

    The position of secretary general has reportedly been zoned to Rivers State and likely to be clinched by Chief Isaac Wonwu.

    The election of the officers is expected to hold on January 12.

    Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in seven Igbo-speaking states were said to have met in Enugu for the endorsement.

    It was learnt the Chairman of the Ohanaeze Presidents’ Forum and President of Ohanaeze in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Eluemunor, said other state presidents endorsed Nwodo as their sole candidate because of his sterling qualities.

    The forum said Nwodo was a round peg in a round hole, a notable orator and a change agent for a better Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide.

    It added that nobody else deserved to occupy the office better than him.

    Also, the Imo State President of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, said Nwodo was an embodiment of what a revered Igbo leader should be.

    Chukwu said the former minister would take Ndigbo to greater heights because of his incorruptible stance.

  • Enugu remains PDP stronghold – Ekweremadu

    The Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has said Enugu State will remain a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite the challenges faced by the party.

    Ekweremadu made the declaration in Enugu on Saturday during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party in preparation for the PDP congresses in the state.

    He said the party has passed through several challenges for some time but will overcome them.

    “Enugu has always been a PDP state and will remain a PDP stronghold in the country,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Deputy Senate president as saying at the meeting.

    He, however, urged members of the party to comport themselves during the congresses beginning at the ward level, adding that everybody would be carried along.

    In his remarks, the former National Chairman of the party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, commended the state government for sustaining the party in the face of trials.

    Nwodo also commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on the action taken to address the April 25 invasion of Uzo-Uwani by herdsmen.

    He called for support and cooperation of all and sundry in taking the state to greater height.

  • Former PDP chairman, Nwodo, Worgu, others dump PDP for APC

    Former PDP chairman, Nwodo, Worgu, others dump PDP for APC

    •South-East APC resolves to ‘capture’ zone in 2019

    Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo; former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Emeka Worgu and former House of Representatives Speaker, Agunwa Anakwe, were some of the heavyweights that dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Others include:  Senators Emma Agboti, Chris Adighije, Nkechi Nwogu and Ifeanyi Ararume.

    They assembled in Enugu where they pledged to take over governance in the zone come 2019 for the APC.

    Although Nwodo was not present at the meeting, his wife Dorothy, was there to represent him.

    Also at the meeting were Senator Jim Nwobodo, Gbazuagu Nweke Gbazuagu, former Imo State House of Assembly Speaker, Benjamin Uwajumogu, and Dr. Ezekiel Izuogu.

    APC stalwarts from the South-East present at the meeting include the national vice-chairman and convener of the meeting, Emma Eneukwu; National Organising Secretary of the party, Senator Osita Izunaso; National Auditor, George Moghalu; Deputy National Women Leader, Tina Adike and the standard bearer of the party in Enugu State, Okey Ezea.

    While addressing the meeting, Eneukwu noted they are making efforts to reposition the party in the South-East.

    He remarked that most of the juicy positions due for the South-East were “being denied us because of our poor performance in 2015 elections”.

    “With the array of prominent politicians from South-East joining us now, we shall work hard this time and turn things around,” he assured.

    A communiqué issued at the meeting resolved, amongst others: “The South-East APC supports the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari and we urge Mr. President to go ahead and recover all looted public funds.

    “We call on the groups agitating for separation from a united Nigeria, particularly, the IPOB and MASSOB to re-think and abandon the idea and join the other tribes in building a formidable united Nigeria where all Nigerians will be equally treated in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    “We believe by 2023, the president of a united Nigeria will be a Nigerian of Igbo extraction from the South-East.”