Int’l Women Conference : Mrs Osibanjo, Fani Kayode, Dino Melaye, Linda Ikeji, Sarah Jubril to Storm Enugu as Igbo Mandate Congress mobilizes women professionals and activists

…Italian, Israeli, US delegates send in advance reports

Enugu , South East Nigeria, is set to receive a cross section of politicians, entrepreneurs , investors and women leaders for the International African Women and Empowerment Conference holding on the 28th to 30thb of August 2017. This was revealed to the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, Rev Obinna Akukwe in Abuja last week when a delegation of leaders of Diamond Youth Transformation Initiative (DYTI) paid him a courtesy call.

The leader of Diamond Youth Transformation Initiative, Ambassador Uchechukwu Ekpere Paul stated that the International Women’s Conference is geared towards opening up wide range of business and political opportunities for the Nigerian and African Women. Ambassador Paul stated that the conference is geared towards helping women entrepreneurs to find their feet and solicited the support of Igbo Mandate Congress for another successful event akin to last years South East Youth Economic Summit (SEYES) popularly tagged ‘Igbo-Israeli Economic Summit’ of which the group played key role.

Quit Notice: In Support of Arewa Youth; Calls for Arrest Hypocritical

Arewa Youth came out last June with a quit notice to all Igbos residing in the north to leave the zone within three months and all hell was let loose on them. I am in support of the principles behind the quit notice on Igbos in the north but differs on the timing. Probably if they had said three years, I would have been more comfortable; to allow for a less fractitious home coming.

Being an activist, clergy and member of influential Igbo groups in Nigeria, both the mass movements, professional, intellectual. Including Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and a frontline defender of Igbo interests for over a decade now, I have a good idea of what the Igbo want. Also as a gospel missionary who traverses many parts of northern Nigeria in the past, made friends among both religions, interacted with the locals, I have an advanced idea of the mindset of the elite northerner, the common man in the north and the almajiris and I know that many information being spewed to the public, from the days of Boko Haram till date  about northerners are half truth and more lies, and I blame the northern elites hawkish disposition for such festering lies.

In the early days of Boko Hraram criminality, I was among those who liaised with many northern and military elements to expose the high level of politics and financial corruption that turned Boko Haram into a monstrous organization with politicians and military chiefs smiling to the banks.   I remember advocating for a Boko Haram Republic in part of northern Nigeria if the Borno Elders will not rise up to the occasion and do something to curb the menace. Happily, vigilante and village hunters rose up to save the north from collapse. They sacrificially assisted the newly motivated military (whose allowances are no more stolen from the top) to stamp out the Jihadists.  I have discovered that every tribe has both the good and the bad, including Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas. Therefore the idea of race superiority is not acceptable.

Israeli Investors Gives Technical Support to Igbo Youth: as Igbo Mandate Congress Inspects Projects

Israeli Investors and technologists who were part of the South East Youth Economic Summit 2016(SEYES) also known as Igbo-Israeli Youth Economic Summit have fulfilled their promises of giving continuous technical support to participants and entrepreneurs  especially in the fields of agriculture, entrepreneurship and ICT.

Igbo Mandate Congress delegates visited sites in Awka, Abakaliki, Enugu and also spoke with team leaders of Diamond Youths who expressed their elation and hopes at the outcome of the Igbo Israeli South East Youth Economic Summit.

Mr Ikechukwu Kanu, an agricultural economist and investment banker is the Head, Investment Unit of Diamond Youth. He reported that the agricultural section was subdivided into seven units with different persons heading the sub-units. The units include piggery, poultry, fisheries, and vegetable, maize, cassava and rice sub units. According to Mr Kanu” the poultry project at Emene, near Enugu has over five hundred (500)pig units which are confined and its fat value reduced considerably. The transfer of technology from the Israelis have been helpful and locals have also been employed”

Ohanaeze Elections: GAAICOM, Igbo Clerics Condemns Interferences by Governors, Calls for Shift of Polls Dates

Igbo Clerics under the aegis of General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers (GAAICOM), ‘The Prophet Standing on the Gap for the Igbo Nation’, have written the Governors of South East and all Ohanaeze Stakeholders , including the Prof Anya O Anya led Electoral Committee, on the need for the postponement of the January 9^th scheduled posts.

GAAICOM gave reasons for the calls for postponement of the election dates among others to include

 “Not giving enough publicity, the closeness of the date between the inaugural meeting of the electoral committee on the 29^th of December and the commencement of the election staring from 4^th January, a S-day period, which is grossly inadequate for any meaningful preparations”.

 “The per-election selection and endorsement of candidates by the Governors which is an imposition of candidates on the people which is also against the Ohanaeze constitution, thereby creating tension in the polity”

“As at the 3^rd of January, 1017, no electoral officer has been posted to any state, giving room for uncertainties, manipulation of congresses and electoral processes”.

GAAICOM proposed a two week extension to enable the electoral committee get its acts together. The clerics also advised Ohanaeze leadership and all concerned I order to contain the drift of the group  into political ignominy and national irrelevance,

The statement were signed by Apostle Dr PCJ Macjossy (General Coordinator), Apostle Dr Charles Louis Egbuchiem (Deputy General Coordinator), Elder Emma Nnaba (National Secretary) and Rev Obinna Akukwe (Director of Media and Communications)

GAAICOM is the foremost Igbo Clergy Group and a major stakeholder in Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Its membership cuts across all denominations and its input in the Nigerian political space, in a noiseless manner, on he behalf of the Igbo race has been phenomenal.

Meanwhile Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, have earlier described the election processes as fraudulent, and has threatened legal action, if transparency is not restored. This was contained in its press release of 3nd January, 2017. In another vein, Chief Enechi Onyia, (SAN), a prominent Ohanaeze stakeholder and Presidential aspirant, have taken the body to court over the electoral processes, He has described the entire process as criminal.

Chief Dr Nnia Nwodo (Former Minister for Culture and Information), Admiral Allison Madueke (rtd) and Prof Chiweyite Ejike are the major contenders for Ohanaeze leadership while Chief Enechi Onyia (SAN) have rejected the processes and headed for the courts.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Accused of Fraudulent Election; Igbo Mandate Congress Condemns Process

 

 Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been accused by many of the aspirants involved in the election processes of trying to hoist a leadership in continuation of the culture of corruption, impunity and lack of focus which characterized the two previous regimes of the group. Some have taken their complaints and observation to the leadership of IMC. IMC have been at the forefront of fighting corruption within Ohanaeze leadership and have received valuable information which suggests electoral fraud.

The plot to scheme some suspicious ‘scratch my back, I scratch yours  leadership’ was hatched immediately after the Igbo Day Celebrations of September 9th when the Gary Igariwey and Joe Nwaorgu led leadership deliberately failed to constitute the electoral panel till a time in December, when it will be devoid of fairness. The Prof Anya O Anya led electoral commission held its first meeting on the 29th of December where they fixed the local gout congress for Jan 4th, State Congress Jan 6th,  and National Elections for January 9th.2017.  Imeobi Meeting was hurriedly convened on the 31st December, 2016, to give the election date a semblance of legality.

Bishop Juanita Nwendu Predicts Clinton Win over Trump: Says ‘God told me Clinton Ordained to rule US”

 

“God will give Hillary Clinton victory in the United States Presidential election of November 8th but the results will not go down well with Donald Trump and republicans will dispute the processes”. This was the prophesy from Bishop Juanita Nwendu, a celebrated female preacher and Presiding Bishop of Christ Church on the Hill, Utako, Abuja in an exclusive chat with the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress,IMC, Rev Dr Obinna Akukwe in Abuja on Thursday.

 

Bishop Nwendu told Rev Akukwe and his team that “It is the will of God that Hillary Clinton becomes President of United States of America and there is nothing anybody can do about that. God told me a month ago that she will become president but that we should organize prayers for her victory in accordance with the prophetic mandate. The prayers which held in Abuja last Friday and Saturday was meant to clear all obstacles to her victory”

Nzeogwu Coup Meant to Install Awolowo Prime Minister of Nigeria –Dr Ezeife

—as Igbo Israeli Summit Ends in  fanfares

The failed Major Nzeogwu led coup was meant to install Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Prime Minister of Nigeria.  This was stated by a core progressive and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife at the second day of the Igbo-Israeli Economic Summit titled South East Youth Economic Summit 2016 (SEYES 2016) which ended in Enugu yesterday. Dr Ezeife while clarifying further stated that the Nzeogwu coup of 1966 was never an Igbo coup.

According to Ezeife “it is not true that Igbos plotted the 1966 coup. The coup was planned by some elements within the military disenchanted with the drift of Nigeria who felt that Awolowo was in the best position to move Nigeria forward. The problem was that the execution of the coup got awry at some axis and everybody now claimed it was Igbo coup”

 He stated further that “the coup failed and General Ironsi carved  provinces in Nigeria to help each group govern themselves better. They said that he was running a unitary system and killed him, yet Nigeria s practicing the same system for which Ironsi died”

Igbo Mandate Congress Commends Igbo--Israeli Economic Summit as Israeli nvestors arrives Enugu

 
 Press Release For Immediate Release

 Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) has commended the historic first ever organized business partnership between the Israeli and the Igbo people of South East Nigeria. This partnership being kick started with this South East Youth Economic Summit (SEYES) organized by Ambassador Paul Ekpere led Diamond Youth initiative with the invaluable input of Prof Chinedu Nebo and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife among other Igbo leaders has the potential of turning the South East into the Japan of Africa.

Igbos has complained enough. It’s time to move forward. The realities on the ground, the swelling unemployment, dilapidated infrastructure, abandoned Enugu-Onitsha-Port Harcourt roads, abandoned 2nd Niger Bridge project, abandoned Onitsha-Oguta Sea Ports among others are all potential platform for economic development deliberately denied the South East of Nigeria through internal and external political naivety.

However, this summit is another way of leveraging on the advantages of the South East by harnessing the resourceful youthful population of Ndigbo and channeling their energy towards productive economic ventures.

South East Youth Economic Summit; Israeli Investors to Support Ndigbo

 Israeli investors and business leads who attended the South East  Youth Economic Summit (SEYES) have promised to assist in the development of Igbo land if the government gives them the much needed support. This was contained in the speech delivered by Dr Kaspi Yoram at the South East Youth Economic Summit first day event. Dr Kaspi said that “Israelis are interested in helping establish businesses that will create employment in the South East, including skills transfer but the government has to give them the support to be able to do that”

The well attended event kicked off yesterday at the Dome , New Haven Enugu  kick started with  programme overview on why the economic summit delivered by Rev Obinna Akukwe, Director General, Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC. Rev Akukwe said that the coming of the Israelis is purely for economic purposes and asked the youth “to leverage on the world class advantages the Israelis have in areas ICT, agriculture, solar power technology, global skills accounting and entrepreneurial prowess to become Africa's leaders in these areas and reduce unemployment in Igbo land”.