President-general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Emmanual Iwuanyanwu will be buried on November 1, according to the national burial committee.
The committee announced this on Tuesday in Abuja shortly after its inauguration by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma.
Iwuanyanwu died on July 25.
Briefing reporters after the inauguration, Uzodinma who is also the chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum, said the committee was set up to give the elder statesman a befitting burial.
“The national committee for the burial of our great leader, Iwuanyanwu, the immediate past President-General of Ndigbo has been constituted.
“The whole idea is to give him a very befitting burial that his status deserves,” he said.
Also speaking, chairman of the committee Senator Ben Obi said Iwuanyanwu excelled in every aspect of human endeavour.
“The sacrifices he committed to the Igbo nation is something that is admirable by all of us and it is our decision as a people in collaboration with other associations like Afenifere, PANDEF, Middle Belt Forum, Arewa consultative Forum to make sure that we give him a befitting burial.
“And we are grateful that Uzodimma has made it available for us to meet. They have agreed with the Primate of Anglican Church that he will be buried on November 1. We will ensure a befitting burial,” Obi said.
