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Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General Worldwide, Sen John Azuta-Mbata
By SALIF ATOJOKO
President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Sen. John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.
Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, represented Rivers East in the Senate from 1999 to 2007, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President?s spokesman, said in a statement.
Azuta-Mbata was elected as president of the preeminent Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group at its meeting in Enugu on Friday.
President Tinubu also congratulated the group on the successful leadership transition and enjoined the new leaders to uphold the principles of their predecessors.
?The President recognises the critical role of socio-cultural organisations in nation-building; hence, his commitment to promoting dialogue among our ethnic nationalities.
?President Tinubu wishes the newly elected Ohanaeze Ndigbo president success as he takes on this onerous yet noble and lofty task,? said the statement. (NAN)
