Ndigbo Hails Buhari for Honouring Okonkwo with OFR Uzoma Mba For bestowing one of their illustrious sons, Professor Obiora Okonkwo, with the prestigious and coveted Officer of the Federal Republic (
For bestowing one of their illustrious sons, Professor Obiora Okonkwo, with the prestigious and coveted Officer of the Federal Republic award, Ndi Igbo have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Buhari has done Ndigbo a honour, because we have been crying of marginalisation, and, with the honour to some of our children, especially Okonkwo, it shows that we are being remembered. For instance, he pointed out that Okonkwo was an entrepreneur who has created many jobs in his different companies at home and in the diaspora.
“I am very happy that the government is recognizing people like Okonkwo, but my advice to the federal government is that it should look for experts, especially from the private sector and the academia. “We need to work together, point out where the injustice is and proffer suggestions, then the federal government will come to terms and we will resolve whatever the differences are. So, it is something that has to be taken with ease.”
He also obtained a master’s degree, also in Economics, from the same university, with distinction, before proceeding to the Russian Academy of Science, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, in Moscow, for his doctorate, which he bagged with distinction. He, however, returned and settled in Nigeria to lend his hand to national development through the creation of the first multi-purpose entertainment centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, named The Dome Entertainment Limited.