{"id":3630,"date":"2025-01-11T12:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T12:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2025-01-11T12:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T12:41:56","slug":"tinubu-congratulates-authentic-ohanaeze-ndigbo-president-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/01\/11\/tinubu-congratulates-authentic-ohanaeze-ndigbo-president-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Congratulates Authentic Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Senator John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide<\/h3>\n

Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, represented Rivers East in the Senate from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,\u00a0Bayo Onanuga<\/strong>, President Tinubu congratulated the group on the successful leadership transition and encouraged the new leaders to uphold the principles of their predecessors.<\/p>\n

The President recognised the critical role of socio-cultural organisations in nation-building; hence, he was committed to promoting dialogue among our ethnic nationalities.<\/p>\n

President Tinubu wished the newly elected Ohanaeze Ndigbo president success as he took on this onerous yet noble and lofty task.<\/p>\n

T<\/strong>he leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo was confused as two individuals emerged as President-General of the prominent Igbo socio-cultural organisation.<\/p>\n

On one hand, Senator John Azuta-Mbata was elected as the 13th President-General during an election in Enugu on Friday.<\/p>\n

In another development, a renowned activist and lawyer, Dim Uche Nnam Okwukwu, was also declared President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide during the organisation\u2019s convention in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

According to Daily Post, the returning officer, Achi Achi, disclosed that Okwukwu was elected unopposed after a process led by the progressive movement in Igboland, which took place from Thursday to Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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