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President General of the apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has felicitated with Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan on his 80th birthday.
The prelate of the Catholic Church and former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria turned 80 recently.
The group In a statement made available to NATIONAL TELESCOPE its National Publicity Secretary described the Catholic cleric as “a rare gem with strong ethical persuasion and formidable force of character; a creative and exponential thinker, an Apostle of Christ of world renown, a transcendental personality, the immediate past Co-Chair African Council of Religious Leaders, the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja.”
He said, “a springboard for moral and spiritual rebirth; he is a harmonizer of diverse interests and a bridge builder; an embodied legacy that was divinely scripted and delivered to Nigeria by God; and a man richly endowed with both quantum logic and emotional intelligence; an epitome of scholarship and the ecclesiastical.”
The Igbo Leader wished him a happy birthday and prayed for his continued good health and longevity.
He, however, lamented that the Cardinal’s yearnings for Nigerians to appreciate the possibilities inherent in their diversities have fallen on deaf ears.
