New Social Cultural Group, Olu Oha Mbaise General Assembly emerged, Perry Opara, others elected
On Tuesday, history was made in Mbaise as a new social, cultural and developmental group: Olu Oha Mbaise General Assembly, was established to meet the general needs of Mbaise people
The formation of the group which took place
at Ihitte Umuamadi Nguru, the home town of Chief Perry Opara, Nneise Ezinihitte, Mbaise, Imo State, saw the attendance of different class of persons across Aboh Mbaise, Ezinihitte Mbaise and Ahiazi Mbaise .
Speaking immediately after the inauguration of the first Interim President, Chief Perry Opara, explained that the group was formed due to the dwindling performance of other socio-cultural groups in Mbaise.
He noted that the group was made up of convergence of Mbaise stakeholders, captains of industries and the academia, including the Interim Management Chairmen, Councillors, former and present government appointees, Presidents- General, leaders of Community Police, traditional rulers, men and women of Mbaise extraction, who the general welfare of Mbaise is at their heart.
The high point of the meeting was the unanimous election of High Chief Perry Opara as the group’s Interim President, while Hon. Ugwuezumba Onwuemeodo was elected as Interim Secretary.
Other executives included Nze Placid Eberendu, Financial Secretary, Chief Peter Mgbeahuruike, Provost, Oke Nze Paul Opara, Treasurer, Uche Anyanwu, Public Relations Officer.
In an audience with journalists, Chief Basil Ogwunga, from Ezinihitte Mbaise, who is a retired Permanent Secretary in Imo State Government House, explained the reason for the formation of the group was to the betterment and welfare of the people of Mbaise.
He added that the group is culturally, developmentally based, which will stand to harvest Mbaise Nation’s cultural heritage and hence bring development down to the area.
Adding their voices, Oke Nze Paul Opara, the newly elected Treasurer and Nze Placid Eberendu, Financial Secretary of the group, described the emergence of the group as a new dawn, which will be for the uplift and the good of the people.
