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By Madu Obi
The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has set up of a funeral planning committee for the burial of the late President General of the organization, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
The group said this is to ensure that the elder statesman is accorded a befitting burial.
Iwuanyanwu's burial has been fixed for November 1, 2024, as announced by the family and the national burial planning committee.
Acting National Youth Leader of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Mazi Chukwu Okpalaezeukwu said the decision to set up the funeral planning committee was to celebrate and immortalize the enviable legacies of the late Igbo leader.
According to him, the body was in constant communication with the Iwuanyanwu family, adding that they were determined, as the apex Igbo youth organisation, to accord him the highest honour deserving of his service to Nigeria.
Okpalaezeukwu described Chief Iwuanyanwu as a father figure, role model and mentor to millions of Igbo youths in the areas of education, politics, business, sports and other spheres of human endeavours, most of whom are today, champions in their various fields.
“At Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing, we recognize Iwuanyanwu’s far reaching developmental and progressive strides in over six decades of his active service to Igbo land and Nigeria at large.
This is more pronounced in his contributions to the formation, sustainability and growth of the apex Igbo socio-political and cultural organisation, as well as his personal investments to stabilizing the leadership of our wing,” he said.
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