{"id":112525,"date":"2024-06-12T21:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112525"},"modified":"2024-06-12T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:46:31","slug":"restructuring-nwodo-wabara-lead-20-man-ohaneze-committee-to-articulate-ndigbo-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/restructuring-nwodo-wabara-lead-20-man-ohaneze-committee-to-articulate-ndigbo-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Restructuring: Nwodo, Wabara lead 20 man Ohaneze committee to articulate Ndigbo position"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1801676513017624224\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Enugu State Governor, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, and\u00a0 former Senate President Adolphus Wabara have been appointed by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to lead a 20 man committee to articulate a position for Ndigbo in the proposed restructuring of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Other notable members of the committee include: former Imo state governor, Ikedi Ohakim, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, Senator Ben Obi, Senator Julius Ucha, Barrister Dan Nwanyanwu, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, Prof. Charles Nwekeaku, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Chief Osita Chidoka, among others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While innaugurating the committee in Abuja, on Wednesday, the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, urged members to give the assignment the seriousness it deserved.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, \u201cI\u2019m therefore of very strong believe that restructuring of Nigeria is a social, economic and cultural imperative. Many other groups in Nigeria have continued to make demands for secession from the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSuch demands have come from the Northern, Western and of course, Eastern part of Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOnce the structure of Nigeria is right, all these demands and agitations will stop and Nigeria by God\u2019s grace will be one of the greatest countries in the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cToday, I have therefore, a great pleasure and honour to inaugurate a committee comprising a very distinguished and illustrious Igbo sons and daughters under the leadership of His Execellency, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo the former Governor of Enugu State to review past discussions, make wide contacts with Igbos as Igbo position on a restructured Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe duty you are carrying out is a very sublime and critical to the future of Igbo in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI pray the Almighty God who had led our people through past perilous times guide you as you carry out this sublime duty of producing a structure that will make the Federal Republic of Nigeria a happy country for all of us.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Earlier, Iwuanyanwu went down memory lane to recall past agitations before and after the civil war .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He dispelled long held wrong notions about the position of the defunct Eastern Region during the Aburi Conference.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu who led the delegation to the Aburi conference with General Yakubu Gowon, never asked for secession from Nigeria but for restructuring to give component parts of the federation greater autonomy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Enugu State Governor, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, and\u00a0 former Senate President Adolphus Wabara have been appointed by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to lead a 20 man committee to articulate a position&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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