Appointment
Iwuanyanwu endorses Lady Ibeto as the bona-fide Ohaneze Ndiigbo President in UK
President-general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has endorsed Lady Aqueen Ibeto as the bona-fide President of United Kingdom (UK), chapter of the association.
Iwuanyanwu in a virtual press briefing on Thursday 17th of August, 2023 in London passionately appealed to aggrieved factions to unite and work with Lady Ibeto who is the President of the United Kingdom Chapter of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation in the best interest of Ndigbo.
The event which was monitored in Abuja had at the briefing Chief Onyema Anthony Ajiduah Odogwu-abi, President Emeritus Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, UK & Ireland, and the immediate past president, Dr Nnanna Igwe.
According to him, “We have the President of the Association who is established and who is doing very well and you say she is a woman and we should destroy the structure and put up a man.
Iwuanyanwu indicated that it would be very unfair under any condition especially having been elected as Deputy President about six years ago only to now bring up the issue of gender to deprive her of the positio
Sge has held the position she held for four years and everybody knows that whoever is deputy President is a potential President if the President dies, the person will succeed him, but this did not happen.
“These people allowed it and they just come and say the structure should be dismantled, I don’t think it is in the interest of Ohanaeze Ndigbo for the structure to be dismantled and it will be a wrong thing if we listen to that advice, a structure that is serving the interest of Igbo.”
“I am appealing to them because in two years time there will be another election it is then that the constitution will look into the issue about women and the office they can hold.”
Explaining further, Chief Iwuanyanwu indicated that the election that produced Lady Ibeto was conducted according to the constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, adding that based on the meeting held, there is no where anybody said the election was rigged.”
He pointed out that like his predecessor he believed that the election that produced Lady Ibeto was properly conducted.
The President-general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation said, “I think like my predecessor, I think the election that produced Lady Ibeto was properly conducted and she won the election.
“I have heard from all sides, I spent hours with the two factions in my home here (United Kingdom) and I asked questions, even the person who is the president of the other group, I asked him whether he contested the election, to my dismay, he did not contest the election.”
Speaking further, Chief Iwuanyanwu explained further that he asked the President of the other faction how he became the President, “because you can only form faction if the election was conducted and you felt cheated, but he never took part in any election.
The Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has sent a message of felicitations to Dr. Tunde Olusunle, an accomplished journalist, on his birthday.
Tinubu’s message was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale
The statement indicated that Olusunle joined the Daily Times conglomerate in Lagos in 1990 and rose to the membership of the Editorial Board of the media organization.
“He had stints in the Kogi State public service between 1992 and 1997 and was, at various times, information, public affairs, and media director to three chief executives of the state.
“The veteran journalist served in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, all through his two terms in office, as Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties, (SSA-SD).
“He has published three successful poetry volumes: Fingermarks* (1996); Rhythm Of The Mortar (2001), and A Medley Of Echoes (2022). He equally has several volumes of essays to his name.
“He holds a doctorate degree in Media Arts and is a Member of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, (NGE) and Fellow of the Association of Nigerian Authors, (ANA).”
The President wished Dr. Olusunle many more prosperous years in his endeavours.
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja.
Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has approved the appointment of Hon. Muktar Atimah as the new Executive Secretary of State Emergency and Management Agency (SEMA) among other appointments into various agencies of the state.
The appointments were announced by the Secretary to the Government of Kogi State (SSG), Dr (Mrs) Folashade Arike Ayoade on Tuesday in Lokoja.
According to the SSG, the appointment of Hon. Atimah, a journalist and former Correspondent of the Leadership Newspapers as well former Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) followed the disengagement of the former occupant of the office, Mr Kolade Isaac.
The SSG also announced the disengagement of Hajia Rekiya Onaivo Sanni as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) and her replacement with with Hon. Kadiri Mohammed Okeji.
Other appointments approved and made by the governor include Christopher Ayo Olubunmi as Executive Chairman of Kogi State Christian Pilgrims Commission, with Steven Joseph, Barnabas Oyibo and Hinmikaye Joe-Dare Babajide as Permanent Members I, II and III respectively.
Additionally, Hon. Sariki Abdullahi Abdulkadir, Mohammed Yahaya Abubilat, and Haruna Dauda Okuku have been appointed as Permanent Members I, II, and III of the Kogi State Hajj Commission.
For the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhassan Adakeke, Dauda Aliyu, and Abdulrahaman Aziz Obini have been appointed as Permanent Members I, II, and III.
The SSG further conveyed the approval of the Governor for the appointment of Zonal Security Advisers across the nine Federal Constituencies in the State.
She named Hon. Pius Kolawole, Hon. Abuh Odoma and Hon. Salami Omuya Joseph as Zonal Security Advisers for the various constituencies adding that all appointments and disengagements take immediate effect as directed by the Governor.
The SSG said that the changes were aimed at strengthening and improving the effectiveness of various government agencies in fulfilling their mandates. (Ends)
A renowned veterinary doctor and researcher, Dr Joachim Joseph Ajakaiye has been named the Overseeing Director of the Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis Research (NITR), Kaduna.
By the appointment, which was approved by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, Dr Ajakaiye will, with immediate effect, oversee the office of the institute’s Director-General.
According to a letter dated March 5, 2024 and signed for the Minister by the Ministry’s Director of Human Resources Management, Alhaji Baba Ibrahim Hassan, the appointment followed the mandatory retirement of the previous holder of the post, Dr (Mrs.) Felicia Enwenzor.
Dr Ajakaiye, who holds the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Master of Science (Veterinary Physiology) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees began his career at NITR as a Veterinary Research Officer in 2006. He was promoted to the position of Director of Research in 2018.
A Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria, Dr Ajakaiye is also a recipient of the Fellowship of the Cuban Academy of Science.
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