*President Tinubu, Atiku Hail Mbata’s Peaceful Emergence
By Bukola Kayode
Former Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, has emerged the new President-General of the prominent Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The position of Secretary-General was secured by the former Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Chief Emeka Sibeudu.
The new President and Secretary-General were elected during the selection of new executives for the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, held at the Old Government Lodge in Enugu on Friday.
Azuta-Mbata was chosen as the 13th President-General through a voice vote, succeeding Fidelis Chukwu, whose tenure concluded on Friday.
Azuta-Mbata emergence is a significant shift in the history of the Ohaneze Ndigbo organisation.
….President Bola Tinubu hails Mbata
Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Mbata on his selection as the leader of the Ndigbo apex organisation.
The President, in a release issued on Friday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, also congratulated the group on the successful leadership transition and enjoins the new leaders to uphold the principles of their predecessors.
President Tinubu recognised the critical role of socio-cultural organisations in nation-building; hence, his commitment to promoting dialogue among our ethnic nationalities.
The President wished the newly elected Ohanaeze Ndigbo president success as he takes on this onerous yet noble and lofty task.
——Atiku congratulates Mbata, others, charges them on unity
Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Senator Azubuike Mbata on his election as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation for the Igbo people of Nigeria.
Atiku, the Waziri of Adamawa, also felicitated with other members of the new executive expected to pilot the affairs of Ohaneze Ndigbo.
The former Vice President further commended the peaceful and credible conduct of the election held in Enugu State on Friday.
He acknowledged the exemplary leadership of the South East Governors’ Forum in ensuring a free and fair election coupled with a smooth transition, adding that there are lessons to be learnt from the alliance forged by participants despite their political diversity.
He reechoes the words of Ohanaeze Ndigbo that Mbata’s victory “marks a significant moment for the organization” and signals “a new era of progress, unity, and development.”
He noted that the Mbata-led executive are no strangers to the divisions that has plagued our nation, and charges them to not only work assiduously at uniting Ndigbo around shared values, but also work in tandem with other similar socio-cultural organisations in enthroning a new regime of unity.
He underscored the imperative of the promotion of tolerance and inter communal relations to engender peace, a requisite for stability and development.
Atiku says the promotion of unity and peace is inevitable in the fostering of a united front to combat the sorry state of our socio-economic conditions and improve the well-being of Nigerians.
According to Atiku, Mbata’s experience as a lawmaker and administrator, together with the collective exposures of the new executive, put them in good stead to deliver on their mandate.
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