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New officers to run Igbo Union Dublin for two-year term

Last update - Friday, June 15, 2012, 02:11 By Metro Éireann

The Igbo Union Dublin has elected a new team of executives to run its affairs for the next two years.

There was a large turn out for the election held in Blanchardstown recently. In a statement, the organisation said this served as a testament to the wishes of Igbo people in the Dublin area.
“The solidarity displayed at the event demonstrated the passion for progress and deep rooted unity among Ndigbo,” it said. “In recent memory, the election was the first successful transition of power from one executive to another in the chequered history of the Igbo community in Dublin.”
The election was conducted under a caretaker executive that has been in place since December 2011, led by Mike Erugo. The same team organised the Ojukwu memorial event earlier this year.
To ensure that the conduct of the election was transparent, the executive appointed an electoral team that included respected religious figures Rev Obinna Ulogwara and Pastor Chukwuemeka Austin Francis.
Chief Ebere Obioha, an international observer from Igbo Union Hamburg in Germany praised their efforts in ensuring a free and fair election.
Obioha also commended the Igbo community for their forthrightness and desire for progress and change. He remarked that the carnival-like atmosphere at the election was nostalgic and synonymous with Igbo culture and tradition.
The newly elected executives include leader Kelechi JK Onwumereh and deputy Nkechi Nnamdi-Mbachu, secretary Austin Achebe (secretary), Maeyan Asuquo (assistant secretary/communications officer) and Kudos Anyakudo (financial secretary).
Others are Kennedy Nnannah (director of social events), Ifeoma Oduntan (treasurer), and Anayo Nnajiofor (provost and welfare officer).
One of the highlights of the day was the election of Maeyen Asuquo, who was recognised by the union for her participation in Igbo affairs since early 2000 when the union was known as the Igbo Community Ireland (ICI).
For her “consistency, dedication and unalloyed solidarity” with the Igbos, the general assembly invoked a constitutional provision that authorised the nomination and subsequent election of Asuquo, who was born in Enugu State.
In his acceptance speech, newly elected leader Onwu-mereh thanked the Igbo people of Dublin for the “trust and mandate they have reposed” in his team.
He promised to use the current executive’s term in office to foster unity among Ndigbo, and added that the union’s doors would “always be open and all opinions and ideas will be considered on merit”.
He called on every Igbo person and group in Dublin to “support the executive to put our community on the path of progress.”
Glen Adimoranmma Eneh, a former leader of the organisation, also spoke on the successful conduct of the election and thanked the Igbo community for demonstrating what he described as the cherished spirit of unity that marked Ndigbo as a unique ethnic nationality in Nigeria.


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