The 13th Annual Convention of The World Owerri Peoples’ Congress, Inc. took place in New York the “Big Apple” from July 18th, 2013 – July 20th, 2013 at Hilton New York JFK Airport Hotel 144 – 02 135thAvenue, Jamaica New York. The theme for the WOPC 2013 Convention was “One People, One Destiny, One Voice”. The Congress agreed and achieved the following: 1.The congress endorsed the result of the president’s home visit and accepted “Izu Owere” as a necessary step to re-defining and organizing Owere into a formidable entity with one voice. 2.The Chief of Staff to the Imo State Governor, Mr. Jude Ejiogu, presented to the Congress good will message from the Imo Sate Governor and a letter of allocation for land located at new Owerri Capital for WOPC development consistent with the subsisting zoning laws in the State capital. 3.The congress accepted the Land Allocation Documents and asked the president to sign and return the document to the IMSG and secure the allocation. The president signed the document. 4.The congress agreed that WOPC will not endorse any candidate for the 2015 governorship primaries,but will support whoever emerges as the front runner from owerri for the 2015 election. 5.Sir. Ambrose Ejiogu asked that the next Convention be brought home to Owere, promising that all logistics assets and services will be put in place for the WOPC. 6.The congress encouraged the President and his executive’s to explore the possibility of hosting 2014 convention in owerri and by a voice vote the congress agreed to host the 2014 convention in Owere. It must be mentioned that president had previously indicated that the 2014 was tentatively planned for Tennessee. 7.The Congress acknowledged that Governor Okorocha has made some commendable strides in infrastructural development in Owerri but reiterated that 2015 should see an Owerri son or daughter inside Douglas House
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:47:34 +0000
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