The acting National President of the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, on Tuesday lauded Igbo leaders on the posthumous award bestowed on the late former President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Professor Joe Irukwu.
Irukwu, who died in July at the age of 89, was buried on Saturday in his hometown, Amokwe Item, Bende Local Government Area in Abia State, after funeral ceremonies that traversed London, Lagos and Umuahia.
His body was committed to earth after an inter-denominational church service at Jane Egbichi Oteh Mini-stadium, Amokwe Item, where the virtues of the late elder statesman were generously captured in tributes and eulogies.
The late Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General was also inducted into the Igbo Hall of Fame.
The Ohanaeze youth leader, Okpalaezeukwu, while speaking with journalists on Tuesday, noted that the late Irukwu was committed in promoting the interest of the Igbo nation when he was alive.
He also noted that the deceased will continue to be remembered as a great nationalist, insurance tycoon and role model who saw and conquered in all spheres of human endeavour.
Okpalaezeukeu used the medium to extend the condolences of the entire youths of the Igbo ethnic-nationality to the Irukwu family, the Government and People of Abia State and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, led by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.
