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Ohanaeze Ndigbo: I’m the rightful leader not Iwuanyanwu, says Valentine Oparaocha
Ohanaeze Ndigbo: I’m the rightful leader not Iwuanyanwu, says Valentine Oparaocha
VALENTINE Oparaocha, President General of Igbo Community, Minna, has laid claims to the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide.
According to him, he came second in the election that brought in the late Prof. Obiozor, past leader of the group.
In a petition to the Imeobi, Oparaocha rejected the appointment/selection of Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu as the new President General, PG, as unconstitutional.
He said that the Imo State Government had no business selecting President General for Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Ezes and the Imo people alone could not choose who becomes the President General.
Expressing his disaffection over the choice of Iwuanyanwu as the new President General, Oparaocha recalled that when the position was advertised in the year 2020, 18 Imo State indigenes indicated interest.
According to him, six bought forms at the cost of N500,000 and were all screened.
“The Elders Council and the Imo State government stepped in and asked everyone to step down for Prof. Obiozor! Prof. Obiozor was 78 at the time.
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“On the 10th January, 2021, we obediently oblige. No compensation for transportation, hotel accommodation, advertisement. No refund of money spent for the form. Kola nut worth N10 million was given to each of the states that attended as bribe. But nothing to compensate the contestants.
“At the last minute, the electoral committee insisted that there must be three contestants. This brought two of us back in to contest with Obiozor. He won. And I came second behind him, the state anointed candidate.
“However, Obiozor died. This was not envisaged. But the constitution has not changed. It is time to replace him. The IMO state turn has not elapsed.
“Chief Iwuanyanwu can win election, why the selection? This is setting a bad precedence which is capable of breaking Ohanaeze further. It is unconstitutional and it is illegal.
“The constitution is still there. Those who bought form and contested with Obiozor are still there. Rather than looking for already screened candidates, who bought forms and are equally qualified for the job, you have selected another elder, (80yrs old), far above the constitutional requirements, to spite the younger people.” he added.
Oparaocha has also based his claims on the following:
· That the constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo provided that the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo should be elected through a contested election and also by rotation, among the seven Igbo speaking states of southern Nigeria.
. That it is the turn of Imo State indigenes to produce the President General between the year 2021- 2025. Hence, only someone from Imo State can replace Obiozor till 2025. ‘But this must be by election.’
· That the same constitution stated that the President General should be between the ages of 50 & 70 years old.
The Imeobi will be ratifying the selection of Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide on the 30th of April, 2023, in Enugu State.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo: I’m the rightful leader not Iwuanyanwu, says Valentine Oparaocha
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‘Don’t pity me, I asked for the job’ – Tinubu vows to fulfill campaign promises
Incoming President Bola Tinubu, says he will deliver on his campaign promises.
‘Don’t pity me, I asked for the job’ – Tinubu vows to fulfill campaign promises
Speaking at a dinner organised by the presidential transition council (PTC) at the Aso Rock Villa on Sunday night, Tinubu said there is the need to fight corruption and poverty, among other issues plaguing the country.
The former governor of Lagos said he will not hesitate to ask outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari for counsel in governing the country
“We must fight corruption, poverty, inconsistencies in policies and many other problems confronting us, but don’t pity me, I asked for the job,” he said.
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“I campaigned for it, no excuses, I will live up to the bill to deliver. I promise you.
“Resilience, determination, courage, love in diversity, though our tongues and tribes differ. By tomorrow afternoon, my predecessor is heading to Daura, on the border with Niger, but I have told him not to worry, he will still get a knock on his door.
“No matter how short a man is, he will see the sky. I will still be able to find him when I need his help.
“Here is a country that has stumbled a number of times, but has never faltered. We can be squeaky like an old mama’s car, but we will never break apart. We are just a unique country.”
‘Don’t pity me, I asked for the job’ – Tinubu vows to fulfill campaign promises
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Remi Tinubu at inauguration service seeks prayers, support to reset Nigeria
Remi Tinubu at inauguration service seeks prayers, support to reset Nigeria
Incoming First Lady of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu, has said that her family does not need Nigeria’s wealth to survive.
Indeed, she pledged that his husband Bola Tinubu would today be mounting the saddle as Nigeria’s brand new President to set the country on the right path.
She spoke at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, during the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Inter-Denominational Service held on Sunday.
The incoming First Lady however stressed they would need the grace of God and the people’s payers and support to deliver on the expectations of citizens.
Remi said, “God has been merciful to us. I can tell you on my own that we never believed this could happen. But thank God for giving us hope, for giving us the resilience to continue in the race of life.
“Asiwaju is 71 and I will be 63. I bet I will be one of the oldest first ladies Nigeria would have. We need the grace of God and we need everyone to do what Nigerians are expecting.”
She also said, “Today, God has really proved himself as he did on the night of the primaries and put his seal on it. Because, when I saw the votes count to be 1,271, I said God it means you are here.
“I was humbled to my rock bottom. And to believe that this is the seventh consecutive democratic transition Nigeria will be experiencing shows that this is a time of perfection for Nigeria.
“Perfection in the sense that, in the word of God, I remember for over two years we have been praying in our churches, according to Isaiah 43:18-19, that we should not remember the former things, that God is going to do a new thing. A new thing came and we still kept arguing with God. Who can argue with his maker? No one.”
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Reps in Sunday sitting extended 2022 supplementary budget implementation
Reps in Sunday sitting extended 2022 supplementary budget implementation
The House of Representatives held an emergency sitting session on Sunday and passed the amendment to the 2022 supplementary budget, extending its implementation to December 2023.
It also passed the bill to amend the CBN Act.
On Saturday the Senate extended the implementation of the 2022 budget to December and amended the CBN act to increase its advances to the Federal Government from five per cent to 15 per cent.
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Under the CBN act, the ways and means provision allows the government to borrow from the CBN to finance budget shortfalls.
The amendment increases the CBN advances to the federal government from five per cent to 15 per cent.
The bill, sponsored by Victor Nwokolo, chairman of the house committee on banking and finance, was passed for second reading on Thursday.
During the emergency plenary, the bill was considered by the committee of the whole and passed for third reading without any opposition.
The national assembly can now transmit the two bills to the President for assent.
The national assembly had earlier in the month approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to convert the N23.7tn loan to a 40-year bond.
Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila commended the lawmakers for attending the emergency session despite the short notice.
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