Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State chapter, on Saturday, endorsed Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for a second term in office, citing his visionary, pragmatic, and transformative leadership, urging stakeholders and the people to rally round him.
Rising from a well-attended expanded stakeholders meeting held at the iconic Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation also acknowledged President Bola Tinubu's strategic projects, interventions, and appointments in the South East in general and Enugu State in particular.
The meeting during which Ohanaeze handed the Ofo (symbol of authority and justice) to Mbah, brought together leaders of thought, traditional rulers, market leaders, professionals, youth and women groups as well as Presidents-General of Town Unions.
They include the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, and the President-General of the body, Senator Joahn Azuta-Mbata, represented by Livingstone Wechie, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Rivers State, who both hailed Mbah's transformative leadership and endorsed his re-election.
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Ohanaeze said Mbah's leadership had "demonstrated a clear commitment to infrastructural development, economic revitalisation, security enhancement, and human capital development across the state."
Mrs. Ojukwu, on her path, described Mbah as a visionary reconstructing Enugu for the future and prosperity.
Meanwhile, the Vice President-General of Ohanaeze representing Enugu State, Prof. Fredrick Eze, said Mbah's endorsement aligned with the core mandates of the apex Igbo organisation, which includes "to provide good leadership to Igbo people by identifying the credible paths to their progress."
The President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State Chapter, High Chief Uche Obisi, commended Mbah for inclusive governance in healthcare, education, infrastructure, security, transportation and agriculture, which is transforming the rural communities.
Responding, Governor Mbah commended Ohanaeze for not only endorsing him, but also for acknowledging the President's efforts in Enugu and the South East, saying the onus was on every Igbo elite to rise above narrow self-interest and invest in bridges that would serve future generations.
