The apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu state chapter, weekend endorsed Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu state for a second term in office, citing his visionary, pragmatic, and transformative leadership.
Ohanaeze also urged stakeholders and the people to rally round the governor in his second term bid for governorship seat.
Rising from a well-attended expanded stakeholders meeting held at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation also acknowledged President Bola Tinubu’s strategic progressive 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 included the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, and the President-General of the body, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, represented by Livingstone Wechie, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Rivers state, who both hailed Mbah’s transformative leadership and endorsed his re-election.
Ohanaeze said Mbah’s leadership had “demonstrated a clear commitment to infrastructural development, economic revitalisation, security enhancement, and human capital development across the state.”
The organisation equally predicated the governor’s endorsement on “sustained observance of the unwritten but respected zoning arrangement of the governorship seat in Enugu state since 1999” to foster equity, unity, and political stability among the constituent zones.
“In recognition of his outstanding performance, strategic vision, and commitment to the continued progress of Enugu state, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu state chapter, unanimously endorses Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah as the sole candidate for the 2027 governorship election in Enugu state,” it stated.
Mrs. Ojukwu, on her part, described Mbah as a visionary reconstructing Enugu state for the future and massive prosperity.
The meeting further reviewed national developments and acknowledged President Tinubu’s ongoing efforts toward economic reforms, infrastructural development, and national stability.
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, Mbah commended Ohanaeze for not only endorsing him, but also for acknowledging the President Tinubu’s efforts in Enugu state and the South East.
