Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has said there would be no room for tenure elongation for the President-General.
Ohanaeze said its constitution allows the rotation of the office of the President-General in alphabetical order.
Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, advocated for a new President-General from Rivers State from January 11, 2025, when Imo State’s tenure ends on January 10, 2025.
Isiguzoro made the remark while stressing that Rivers State producing the next Ohanaeze President-General was sacrosanct.
He spoke during a meeting with a delegation of Rivers women known as Umuokpu and Umuada Nwanyi Igbo Federation in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State capital.
The visit was a fact-finding mission to assess the potential of Rivers State producing the next President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 2025.
In a statement he signed, Isiguzoro assured the women that the “Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo allows for the rotation of the office of the President-General in alphabetical order.
“After Imo State’s tenure ends on January 10th, 2025, a new President-General from Rivers State will lead the Igbo community from January 11th, 2025.
“Nothing will change the emergence of a President-General from Rivers State on the set date and warned against any illegitimate extension of the current President-General’s tenure.
“A new President-General from Rivers State will assume office on January 11th, 2025, in accordance with the rotational policy outlined in the Constitution of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.”
Isiguzoro also urged the Igbo community to support Rivers State in the upcoming Ohanaeze Ndigbo elections, as the state has several qualified candidates for the position of President General.
