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Umuada Igbo, an umbrella body of Igbo daughters in the South-East, Delta and Rivers States, has called on South-East state governments to immortalise late President of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo World, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
The President General, Umuada Igbo Nigeria and in Diaspora, Chief Kate Ezeofor, made the call in a speech during the brief stop over of Iwuanyanwu’s remains at the Ohanaze National Secretariat in Enugu on Saturday.
According to Ezeofor, “we are here gathered to pay our last respect to Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a great son of Igbo Land who lived and died in the service of his people”.
“Ahaejiagamba Ndigbo as President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide worked closely with Umuada Igbo Nigeria and in Diaspora.
“We are Umuada Igbo from the seven Igbo speaking States of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo as well as Delta and Rivers. Our organization has ECOSOC status with the United Nations in New York and Geneva, Switzerland.
“As Umuada Igbo, we are making passionate appeals to the governments of South-East States to immortalise Chief Iwuanyanwu in different ways.
“In addition, we ask the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, GCFR, to immortalise Chief Iwuanyanwu for he was an authentic Nigerian patriot who made innumerable contributions in various sectors,” she said.
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