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September 3, 2025 by Chinyere Okoroafor
President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, socio-cultural organisation representing the Igbo, John Azuta-Mbata, will, on September 14 confer the title of Nnandigbo Worldwide (father of Igbo in diaspora) on entrepreneur, Livinus Okwara.
President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos, Solomon Aguene, the host, said the investiture holds at Union Bank Sports Centre, Surulere, Lagos, with a church service at 8 am while the coronation starts by 10a.m.
Aguene said President Bola Tinubu is special guest at the coronation, with other dignitaries and Igbo representatives from Nigeria and the world.
He said Okwara’s ideas and love for growth of the Igbo man motivated the title, noting that through his company, Rimax Group, he has created employment for youths. “Every of his ideas are for the growth and success of the Igbo, home and abroad.
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“So, he will attach this title to his legacies and achievements. The Igbo are proud of him as a successful business man, who impacted lives through philanthropy. His profile is rich; he is vast in Igbo and Nigerian history. So, let us appreciate and celebrate him in life,” he said.
Responding, Okwara, former Nnandigbo, Lagos, and an APC chieftain, said he accepted the position because he is proud to be an Igbo man. “So, it’s my responsibility to ensure that I must always have that identity and be proud of it.”
He noted that the title is first and that the position comes with the belief that the Igbo man must progress improve even as a traveller. And that’s an identity that the Igbo man carries everywhere.
“They say, anywhere you go and you do not find an Igbo man, run from that area. So, that is the identity an Igbo man must protect,” Okwara said.
On how he intends to leverage his experience, wealth and influence to support and empower the Igbo in Nigeria and diaspora, Okwara promised to create employment, give financial support and advice when needed.
He also said he will create liaison offices abroad where any Igbo man can always go and get answers to questions and succour when in need.
Okwara, who is the founder of Rimax Institute of Technology, Lagos, advised the Igbo to be patient and not to be over ambitious to remain successful.
“The Igbo should not over exaggerate, should not be too ambitious, be as simple as possible, don’t overreach your ability. All Igbo should be patient anywhere they find themselves because with patience, you can make huge progress in life.
“There will be liaison offices in different countries of the world, where Igbo in diaspora can always access for solution and survival strategies in the land where they find themselves,” he said.
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