CULTURE & TRADITION

Nnia Nwodo Has Done His Best—Chief Aguene

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Nnia Nwodo has done his best&period; Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene&comma; President&comma; Lagos Ohanaeze Ndigbo&comma; in this interview with OpenLife’s Isaac Ngumah&comma; speaks on the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide election holding in Owerri on January 10<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that as the struggle to clasp the plum position of the president of the apex Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide&comma; continues to dominate discourse&comma; one of the aspirant to the Ohanaeze President General election&comma; and former Imo state&comma; chairman of Ohanaeze&comma; Professor Chidi Osuagwu&comma; on Friday&comma; pulled out of the race for the election fixed for Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Osuagwu&comma; said to newsmen in Owerri&comma; that he took the decision following the outcome of concerned Ime-Obi members virtual meeting held on Thursday&comma; that the election should be suspended for failure to adhere to constitutional procedures as well politicization of the process of the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added that the Ime-Obi&comma; requested the outgoing Chairman of Ohanaeze&comma; Chief Nnia <strong>Nwodo<&sol;strong>&comma; to quickly handed over to the Southeast Christian Association&comma; CAN&comma; to run the affairs of the association for two months and conduct an election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am an aspirant to the chairmanship of Ohanaeze Ndigbo a number of events have occurred and I think they should be discussed publicly&period; The happenings in Ohanaeze have not been handled well and it is bizarre&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Looking at it&comma; I have bought the form for Ohanaeze election&comma; which was sold for a half a million naira&comma; it is so strange that Ohanaeze expected to be serving the peoples interests is now used in making money-like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">political parties<&sol;a>&period; This is part of the problem at the heart of Ohanaeze&comma; we saw people could not differentiate their political interests from the Ohanaeze election&period; It is good to tell you that some of the procedures did not follow the guidelines that is why we are concerned about this whole thing&period; I am here to say that I support this move&period; I endorse the Ime-Obi&comma; that says let things be done in the proper way&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Chief Aguene appealed for calm saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Imo is very much at the centre of this election&period; We appeal for calm&period; What we need is the best candidate that will pilot the affairs of Ndigbo anywhere in the world&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ohanaeze Ndigbo is a social cultural organisation that looks into the affairs of Ndigbo anywhere he resides in the world including those that are in Igbo land&comma;” he emphasized&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking further on the tenure of the outgoing president&comma; Chief Aguene said<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Well&comma; he has done his best&period; He has made his own efforts&period; Every leader works with his conscience and leadership is sacrifice and not enterprise&period; I may say something positive about Nnia Nwodo and people will think that we have gotten some deals&period; I may say something negative about him and people will see me as an enemy of Nnia Nwodo or we are not in good terms&comma;” he explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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