Tinubu hails Azuta-Mbata on election as PG of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Senator John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known to the media in a statement on Friday.

Azuta-Mbata was the representative of Rivers East Senatorial District from 1999 to 2007.

He was elected as the President-General of the preeminent pan-Igbo socio-cultural group at its meeting in Enugu on Friday.

Onaniga said: “President Tinubu also congratulates the group on the successful leadership transition and enjoins the new leaders to uphold the principles of their predecessors. 

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“The President recognises the critical role of socio-cultural organisations in nation-building; hence, his commitment to promoting dialogue among our ethnic nationalities.

“President Tinubu wishes the newly elected Ohanaeze Ndigbo president success as he takes on this onerous yet noble and lofty task.”