Ohaneze Tasks Govs On Uwechue’s Burial

The Igbo socio-cultural
organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has urged governors of the South-East states and other prominent Igbos to participate actively in the burial of its late leader, Amb. Ralph Uwechue.
Uwechue, former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo died on March 13, 2014 at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was aged 79.
A statement issued by Chief Tony Oganah, the spokesman of the organisation, stated that there was need for all Igbos to give the late Uwechue the honour he deserved.
The statement was made available to newsmen of Nigeria last Sunday in Lagos.
“We are not pleased by the response of some Igbo leaders to the planning of activities to mark the final burial rites of this great Igbo son,” Oganah said.
He said that some Igbo leaders including some governors of the South-East had yet to give the needed support to the family and Ohaneze over the planned burial emphasizing that inspite of attempts by Ohaneze to ensure the deceased envoy was given a befitting burial, some prominent indigbos had yet to respond several attempts to reach them.
Oganah urged all lovers of the Igbo cause and nation to come out enmasse and give the late Igbo leader a befitting burial.
“Uwechue remains the only Ohaneze leader to have led the organisation for four years” he said.
The burial activities for the late ambassador would kick off on May 5th at Abuja and end on May 9th and 10th at his home town, Ogwashi Uku, Delta.
A career diplomat and former ambassador of Nigeria in Libya, Uwechue joined the Nigerian Foreign Service at its inception in 1960.
He served in a number of other countries, including Cameroun, Pakistan and Mali.
He was also Nigeria’s first diplomatic envoy to France, where he opened the Nigerian Embassy in Paris in 1966.

L-R: Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Chief Tony Onyima, Secretary to Anambra State Government, Mr Oseloka Obaze, traditional ruler of Ifitedunu, Igwe Chukwuemeka Ilouno and a Community Leader in Ifitedunu, Dr Gabby Nwankwo, at the donation of textbooks by the traditional ruler to 18 schools within his community recently. Photo: NAN