Jide Iwuanyanwu, the primary son of the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who handed on Thursday morning, has described his father as a person of many elements.
Jide disclosed this in an announcement containing a short biography of the President-Normal of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.
Within the assertion made out there to reporters in Owerri, he described the deceased as “a famend Nigerian businessman, politician, and conventional chief”.
He acknowledged: “Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was born on 4 September 1942, in Umunakanu, Ehime Mbano Native Authorities Space of Imo State.
“He hails from a humble background and is the primary baby of his mother and father.
“He attended St. Patrick’s Main Faculty, Umunakanu, and later proceeded to St. Peter’s Secondary Faculty, Umuguma.
“He furthered his training on the College of Nigeria, Nsukka, the place he graduated with a level in Economics.”
Jide additional acknowledged that the late Igbo chief began his enterprise profession as a dealer within the Sixties.
In line with him, Iwuanyanwu ventured into varied sectors, together with development, manufacturing and publishing.
“He’s the founder and chairman of Champion Newspapers Restricted, publishers of Champion newspapers.
“He additionally owns different companies, together with development firms, manufacturing companies and actual property investments,” Jide added.
He defined that Iwuanyanwu joined energetic politics within the Nineteen Eighties and was a member of the defunct Nationwide Occasion of Nigeria and later joined the Peoples Democratic Occasion.
“He has held varied political positions, together with being a member of the state Home of Meeting (1983-1985), Commissioner for Works and Housing (1985-1987),” he acknowledged.
He additional acknowledged that Iwuanyanwu contested for the Imo East Senatorial District in 1992.
Jide additionally described his father as “a revered conventional chief in Igboland,” who was conferred with a number of chieftaincy titles, together with Eze Udo 1 of Umunakanu and Ochiagha Ndigbo, amongst others.
He stated he obtained quite a few awards and honours for “his contributions to enterprise, politics, and conventional management”.
He listed a few of his awards, together with Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic and Honorary Doctorate Diploma in Enterprise Administration from the College of Nigeria, Nsukka, Honorary Doctorate Diploma in Legislation from the Imo State College.
He added that the deceased was a religious Catholic who engaged in philanthropic actions.
Jide stated that Iwuanyanwu died at 82, following a “transient sickness”, and is survived by his spouse, Frances, and grandchildren.
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He stated the household would announce the date of his burial after session.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that Iwuanyanwu indicated his aspiration to vie for the president of Nigeria on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Occasion in 1997.
He succeeded the late President-Normal of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, George Obiozor, who died in December 2022.
(NAN)
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