By Ayobami Ife, Abeokuta
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will be bestowed with the title of ‘Mayor of Ndi Igbo’ – mouthpiece of the Igbo people in Nigeria by leaders of the nation’s third largest ethnic groups.
The Chairman of Chisco Group, a Transport giants in Nigeria, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu disclosed this on Monday when he visited the elder statesman at hid his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Chief Anyaegbu said the ultimate goal of the planned investiture on Obasanjo is to is to nurture ethnic peace and harmony in Lagos and other places.
The renowned transporter added that the ultimate goal of any sons and daughters of Igbo extraction is to achieve peace in any part of the world for the overall success of their businesses and trade.
He explained that the investiture ceremony as the Mayor Ndi Igbo will be performed on the ex – President Obasanjo on December 16, 2024 in Lagos State.
Also, in a statement confirming this development by President Obasanjo Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Monday, the transport merchant explained that having stayed over 50 years in Lagos, the Igbo people decided to honour Obasanjo with the Mayor Ndi Igbo (Mouthpiece of Igbo people).
According to him, “I have stayed for about 54 years in Lagos and I believed that what join Igbo people and the Lagosian or any other tribe together is bigger than what divides. Therefore, we don’t have any benefit than to come together and live in peace. That is what can bring progress and development.
“And we will not leave any stone unturned to make sure that, that peace is attained not only in Lagos, but, any where we have brothers and sisters around the world. Peace is crucial for us all.
“So we have come to inform the former President and our Baba about the installation program and formally invite him, on Dec. 16, 2024,” Chisco hinted.
On the entourage of Anyaegbu was the President of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo, Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, who also doubles as the Mayor Ndi-Igbo contact and mobilisation ceremony and Secretary, Mayor Ndi-Igbo, Hon. Chinweizu Madubuike
