Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has confirmed the receipt of the sum of one hundred million Naira (N100,000,000) from billionaire businessman, Prince Engr. Arthur Eze.
The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia who confirmed the donation said Prince Eze made the pledge while “speaking to an assemblage of Ndigbo at the Imo State Government Lodge, Asokoro Abuja on July 10, 2023.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atlas Oranto Petroleum Ltd, “lamented that Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by one of the brightest and pre-eminent amongst the Igbo, a highly revered icon in Nigeria; and an accomplished Titan in business, Chief Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba) should be stressed by funding Ohanaeze activities from his pockets.
“Eze stated that Chief Iwuanyanwu has paid his dues to the Igbo in diverse ways beginning from the war times. He commended the development agenda espoused by Chief Iwuanyanwu on how the Igbo land can be transformed using the Igbo natural endowments and creative potentials. Eze supported the visionary dynamic of Chief Iwuanyanwu on how he will lift Ohanaeze from its present habitat and provenance to a glorious and enviable pedestal where it can command the followership and loyalty of all Igbo, both at home and in the Diaspora. He then pledged the sum of One Hundred Million Naira.”
Dr. Ogbonnia revealed that Prince Aze redeemed the pledge on On July 11, 2023, when he visited Iwuanyanwu in his Abuja residence.
He assured Ahaejiagamba that he, Prince Eze will continue to lend support to the Iwuanyanwu-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Part of the statement reads:
“The Arthur Eze trajectory is an inspiring testament to the biblical injunctions of charity; and an admonition to the uninitiated scarcity thinkers that limit their horizon to self-satisfaction. In other words, kindness is like a treasure stored in heaven; it not only multiplies in quantum, it also resists the rust and tarnish of even the least charitable among humans.
“Similarly, a good-spirited businessman has also donated a set of seats to Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Secretariat; another prominent Igbo son provided a space to Ohanaeze when we were in Lagos on a visit to the Alaba tragedy; yet another businessman hosted us to dinner and some others. The former Governor of Imo State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha started a gigantic project at the Secretariat, etc. The list of all the benefactors will be made public at an appropriate time.
“While we wait for the day of reckoning, Ohanaeze cannot withhold an immense gratitude to the Governor of Imo State, Sen. Hope Uzodimma for his relentless support to the organization. Uwuanyanwu recalled that while Uzodimma was in the Senate, he was the only Igbo senator amongst his colleagues that looked the way of Ohanaeze.
“The Ohanaeze has tried to cope with a peculiar paradox that owes quality service to the entire Igbo, while only a few consider it a duty to support the organization.
“The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is very delighted with Engr. Arthur Eze. He qualified him as a trailblazer; a worthy Igbo son who is always actuated by a deep sense of empathy, affection and an over-flowing kindness; and that he, Arthur has served as a safety net for the vulnerable for a long time.
Ahaejiagamba used the occasion to pray for Prince Arthur Eze (Ozoigbondu); and asked that the heaven’s light may continue to cast its shade on Arthur; and that the guards of Angels may encompass Arthur; and that Arthur’s days will be long enough to see his great-great-grand-children in sound mind and stable physic.”
