Nzuko Ummuna, a core Igbo Think Tank of professionals at home and in diaspora, in collaboration with the South East Governors Forum has advanced preparations to power a two-day Igbo leaders retreat in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, tagged: “Igboezue Leadership Retreat.”
The retreat, billed to hold on November 22 and 23, 2019 at the ultra modern Ecumenical Centre, is expected to provide an avenue for South East Governors, legislators and other Igbo leaders to meet and rub minds on matters of importance to the zone.
According to a release by the Retreat Planning Sub-Committee on Media and
Publicity, signed by Chief Collins Ugwu and made available to journalists in Abakaliki, it is expected that the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, Engr. David Umahi, as the host Governor, would roll out the new city’s hospitality to welcome all his brother Governors to the epoch retreat.
Ugwu noted that expectations were high as all concerned have individually been engaged and have also endorsed the retreat as timely, one that should be supported to produce enduring outcomes.
Part of the release reads: “To this end, the Chairman of the main Organizing Committee of the Retreat, a President General Emeritus of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Gary Enwo Igariwey, revealed that aside all the Governors and all federal legislators of Alaigbo expected, other critical stakeholders of the entire Igbo collectives are upbeat about the prospects of this gathering, because they are being reached methodically and comprehensively.”
The release further quoted Igariwey to have also promised to address a world press conference on November 4 at the planning secretariat in Abakiliki, where, as he put it, “the meat of the meet will be wholesomely unveiled.”
Meanwhile, the Association of South East Town Uníons, a major Ndigbo grassroots umbrella and advocate of South East development through economic integration, has queued behind the noble idea, calling for all hands to be on deck to give it the success it deserves.
In their emphatic goodwill message to Nzuko Umunna, the group stated that the synergy being pioneered by the retreat organisers is in tandem with their declared philosophy to accelerate the development of South East region with a purpose driven think home investment initiative.
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