NGO unveils project for socio-economic, political progress in South East<\/p>\n
By Stanley Nwanosike<\/p>\n
The Uzodinma Support Initiative (USI), an NGO, has launched a project that would reposition the South East zone for socio-economic and political progress.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the USI is an integrated, non-partisan, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical multi-systems strategy that is focused on creating a conducive, peaceful and enviable future for all Nigerians- through the creation and sustenance of diverse people oriented programmes that are unique to each state in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Unveiliing the project in Enugu, the Convener of the NGO, Mr Ekene Uzodinma, said that the project, which is a non-violent movement, would be a veritable intellectual think-tank to give the South-East futuristic direction.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe project will be a social engineering platform for intellectuals and professionals to cross-fertilise ideas on the best option of moving the South-East forward and creating a future for younger generation of the zone.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe main aim of the project is the need to remain relevant in the country by our people producing a President of South-East extraction come 2023 general election.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaders in the zone must take responsibility and act intellectually to check degeneration ongoing in the South-East especially in the socio-economic and security fronts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a need for intellectuals to arise and stop the emerging challenges of the zone, which might overwhelm all of us and turn a once peaceful zone to what looks like a war zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe respected people and traditional rulers in the zone on their part must wake-up and check the level degeneration even from our community levels,\u201d Uzodinma said.<\/p>\n
In a goodwill message, the Chairman of Enugu Sports Club, Mr Henry Nwosu, urged the people of the South-East to reenact the resilient spirit in them and fight to get whatsoever is due to them.<\/p>\n
Nwosu said that time had come when the people of the zone must get fully involved in the socio-economic and political governance and control in the country.<\/p>\n
Also speaking, Chief Chekwas Okorie, an elder statesman and politician said that the people of the zone had to leverage on the wide-spread of its people in the country to network and get other ethnic groups buying into their 2023 presidential ambition.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the Presidential ambition in 2023; we have to do more consultation within ourselves and other ethnic groups as most of them know that we have the success magic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In another goodwill message, Dr Chukwuemeka \u00a0Ezeife, former Governor of Anambra, thanked the organisers for the vision of repositioning the zone for greater relevance in the Nigeria nation.<\/p>\n
Ezeife, who was represented by Chief Onuorah Nnebugwu, urged South-East intellectuals to take up the challenge of fashioning out and implementing propgrammes meant to make the zone relevant in the scheme of things.<\/p>\n
Highlights of the event included: a lecture delivered by Igwe A.I. Ofuebe, the Traditional Ruler of Ifite Ogwari Community in Anambra, on the topic: \u201cRole of Traditional Rulers in Repositioning of Ndi-Igbo\u201d.<\/p>\n
There were presentations of \u201cIgbo Icon Awards\u201d to Ezeife, Okorie, Ofuebe and Dr Chike Madueke, Chairman of Urban FM Radio, Enugu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NGO unveils project for socio-economic, political progress in South East By Stanley Nwanosike The Uzodinma Support Initiative (USI), an NGO, has launched a project that would reposition the South East zone for socio-economic and political progress. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the USI is an integrated, non-partisan, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical multi-systems strategy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":4851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n