{"id":59466,"date":"2025-01-12T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59466"},"modified":"2025-01-12T08:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T08:46:07","slug":"senator-kalu-congratulates-new-ohanaeze-ndigbo-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/12\/senator-kalu-congratulates-new-ohanaeze-ndigbo-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Kalu Congratulates New Ohanaeze Ndigbo Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a dramatic twist of fate, Senator John Azuta-Mbata has been chosen as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, and his emergence marks a pivotal moment for the Igbo socio-cultural organization.<br \/>\nOn Friday, at the Old Government Lodge in Enugu, delegates from Rivers State unanimously nominated Azuta-Mbata, following the passing of Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who represented Imo State.<br \/>\nThe election of Azuta-Mbata, the first Ikwerre native and a former Rivers East Senator, signals a new era of leadership.<br \/>\nAs the first Rivers native to hold this esteemed position, his rise is filled with promise for Ndi Igbo, especially at a time when the political landscape is more volatile than ever.<br \/>\nIn a statement on Sunday, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State and current lawmaker representing Abia North, extended his warm congratulations to the newly elected leader.<br \/>\nKalu expressed unwavering confidence in Azuta-Mbata&#8217;s leadership abilities, citing his wealth of experience as a businessman, politician, and statesman.<br \/>\n\u201cYour experience and expertise will be invaluable in this new role,&#8221; Kalu said, adding that Azuta-Mbata was the perfect candidate to champion the Igbo cause amid Nigeria\u2019s complex political climate.<br \/>\nKalu also pledged his full support for Azuta-Mbata as the new President-General takes on the formidable task of leading Ohanaeze Ndigbo into a brighter future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent In a dramatic twist of fate, Senator John Azuta-Mbata has been chosen as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, and his emergence marks a pivotal moment for the Igbo socio-cultural organization. On Friday, at the Old Government Lodge in Enugu, delegates from Rivers State unanimously nominated Azuta-Mbata, following the passing of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59467,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59466\/revisions\/59467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}