Nigeria in Diaspora contests city council election in Norway
News Wednesday, September 16, 2015

By Emeka Aginam

Effort to make Nigerians leaving in diaspora to be part of international polity has started yielding the expected result as a Nigeria born Norwegian Peter Obiora Nwafor, an IT consultant is set to win city council election for Christian Democratic Party in Bergen ,Norway’s second biggest city.

Speaking in a world press conference yesterday whileunfolding his road-map, Nwafor, an Anambra indigene from Isuofia, in Aguata local government said that he was chosen by Christian Democratic Party to be the party’s prospective council candidate based on his promising resolve to make a difference in governance.

He assured that his mandate, if elected, would be to implement the party’s policies and programmes accordingly." I was chosen by Christian Democratic Party to be the party’s prospective council candidate and was also popular for my campaign for inclusiveness, inclusive labor market with equal opportunities and rights for all.”

Continuing, he said that his campaigns also encompassed a “strengthened bilingual education, good tuition for all; accepting more refugees in Bergen, increased resources for introduction of centers for refugees and immigrants, increase state housing allowance, support initiatives that gives children from poor families opportunity to participate in cost demanding activities, tax exemption and good working condition for volunteer organization among others" he explained.

Meanwhile, Norway is a country of about 5 million people, administratively divided into 19 counties (fylker) and a further 430 municipalities (kommuner).There are national elections in odd years, alternating between the national and the local levels. The national voting age is 18, but this year 20 municipalities will conduct an experiment with voting rights for 16 year old

http://odili.net/news/source/2015/sep/16/312.html

Igbos in govt in
UK
Poland
Norway (soon)
US
Hm! Spreading the Igbo spirit far and near

WONDERFUL

Is this not interesting?

All hail the adventureous Igbos

He's making himself proud.

tribalism fever. first he is a Nigerian, keep d tribe thing at d background.

Another igbo man has been shortlisted for the prestigious man booker price too.
God bless the igbo race, the more they are persecuted and marginalized by brain less folks the more the igbo race shine

fav444:
tribalism fever. first he is a Nigerian, keep d tribe thing at d background.

You must be foolish. Which Nigerian first? Did your self rat-poisoned demigod Awolowo not proclaim that he was Yoruba first before being a Nigerian?

Another igbo man chigozie obioma has been shortlisted for the prestigious man booker price too.
God bless the igbo race, the more they are persecuted and marginalized by brain less folks the more the igbo race shine

kettykin:
Another igbo man has been shortlisted for the prestigious man booker price too.
God bless the igbo race, the more they are persecuted and marginalized by brain less folks the more the igbo race shine

What's his name again?

For those who always ask me why i love Igbo people,this is one of the many reasons.
Just go back to the news,check his name,and tribe,then come back and like my comment.
Igbo people are DARING,EVER READY TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS/OPPURTUNITIES,AND FEARLESS.
If you jealousing them,it won't solve ur problem.Learn to love them,and u will surely enjoy them.
"From Uk,to Poland,to Norway,USA,i belief more is on the way".


NDPVF!

wordcat:
He's making himself proud.

But ''himself'' is not Yoruba

kettykin:
Another igbo man chigozie obioma has been shortlisted for the prestigious man booker price too.
God bless the igbo race, the more they are persecuted and marginalized by brain less folks the more the igbo race shine

Cool. We are always shining

Ramnon2:


What's his name again?

Chigozie obioma is his name

kettykin:


Chigozie obioma is his name

Chigozie Obioma


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Chigozie Obioma


Born
1986


Occupation
Professor, novelist, short story writer, poet, nonfiction writer

Nationality
Nigerian

Ethnicity
Igbo

Period
2011 – present

Notable works
The Fishermen

Website

http://www.chigozieobioma.com

Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) is a Nigerian writer. He is, effective Fall 2015, an Assistant Professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.[1] He has been called, in a New York Times book review, "the heir to Chinua Achebe."[2]

His first novel, The Fishermen, is on the shortlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize,[3] on the shortlist for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award,[4] on the shortlist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize,[5] and on the shortlist for the Edinburgh Festival First Book Award.[6]

The Fishermen was a New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor's Choice selection,[7] one of the American Library Association's five best debuts of spring 2015,[8] a Publishers Weekly book of the week,[9] and one of Kirkus Review's "10 Novels to Lose Yourself In."[10]

Obioma states that, in addition to being a tribute to his siblings, the novel aims to "build a portrait of Nigeria at a very seminal moment in its history (the annulled presidential elections of 1993), and by so doing deconstruct and illuminate the ideological potholes that still impede the nation’s progress even today."[11]

fav444:
tribalism fever. first he is a Nigerian, keep d tribe thing at d background.

Bu if na drug matter now he is igbo.

He is of Igbo descent but now a Norwegian now so how does this affect us? Good luck to him and congrats to him.

Ramnon2:



Chigozie Obioma


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Jump to: navigation, search



Chigozie Obioma


Born
1986


Occupation
Professor, novelist, short story writer, poet, nonfiction writer

Nationality
Nigerian

Ethnicity
Igbo

Period
2011 – present

Notable works
The Fishermen

Website

http://www.chigozieobioma.com

Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) is a Nigerian writer. He is, effective Fall 2015, an Assistant Professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.[1] He has been called, in a New York Times book review, "the heir to Chinua Achebe."[2]

His first novel, The Fishermen, is on the shortlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize,[3] on the shortlist for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award,[4] on the shortlist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize,[5] and on the shortlist for the Edinburgh Festival First Book Award.[6]

The Fishermen was a New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor's Choice selection,[7] one of the American Library Association's five best debuts of spring 2015,[8] a Publishers Weekly book of the week,[9] and one of Kirkus Review's "10 Novels to Lose Yourself In."[10]

Obioma states that, in addition to being a tribute to his siblings, the novel aims to "build a portrait of Nigeria at a very seminal moment in its history (the annulled presidential elections of 1993), and by so doing deconstruct and illuminate the ideological potholes that still impede the nation’s progress even today."[11]

His resume is really intimidating even to the Americans, assistant professor at a just 28 years old.

Nigeria has really slowed down this race, igbos would have been at par with the Europeans if igbos were independent in their separate country.

Yeske2:
He is of Igbo descent but now a Norwegian now so how does this affect us? Good luck to him and congrats to him.

Igbo is igbo any where just the same way with jews.
A Jewish people didn't loose their identity even though they spent almost a thousand years in Europe and Asia

point of correction HE IS A BIAFRAN AND NOT NIGERIA .........

Ramnon2:


You must be foolish. Which Nigerian first? Did your self rat-poisoned demigod Awolowo not proclaim that he was Yoruba first before being a Nigerian?

u see d way online tribal wars start by false assumptions and hatred. Am not Yoruba o. Njikoka LGA, Anambra State on point. my dear be objective and peace loving always. Ibos are known to be cultured.

Ramnon2:


You must be foolish. Did your self rat-poisoned demigod Awolowo

hahahahahaah,, dis just made my day

fav444:


u see d way online tribal wars start by false assumptions and hatred. Am not Yoruba o. Njikoka LGA, Anambra State on point. my dear be objective and peace loving always. Ibos are known to be cultured.

don't mind him sister, we know u are not foolish ok??

Another igbo man to head Afrexim bank.


Benedict Oramah, the Nigerian banker who was in June named President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) by the shareholders of the continental financial institution will, on Monday, September 21, assume duties at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Ramnon2:

But ''himself'' is not Yoruba

Lol

kettykin:
Another igbo man to head Afrexim bank.


Benedict Oramah, the Nigerian banker who was in June named President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) by the shareholders of the continental financial institution will, on Monday, September 21, assume duties at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Men! This is getting too much na. Why are only Igbos taking everything that belong to all Nigerians?

^^^^^^



Afreximbank appoints new President: Dr. Benedict Oramah to take office in September




Dr. Benedict Oramah, incoming President of Afreximbank.
Dr. Benedict Oramah, incoming President of Afreximbank.

Lusaka, 13 June 2015 – Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today appointed Dr. Benedict Oramah to be the next President of the continental multilateral trade finance institution, making him the third President to serve the Bank since its establishment in 1993.

Dr. Oramah’s appointments was one of the key decisions taken during the Bank’s 22nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which took place today in Lusaka.

Dr. Oramah takes over from Jean-Louis Ekra, who has been the Bank’s chief executive officer since 2005. Mr. Ekra was preceded in the post by Christopher Edordu, the pioneer President of the Bank.

Dr. Oramah, a Nigerian national, has served as Executive Vice President in charge of Business Development and Corporate Banking at Afreximbank since 2008. He was a pioneer staff of the Bank, which he joined in 1994 as Chief Analyst, rising to the position of Senior Director, Planning and Business Development Department in 2007. He previously served as Assistant Manager (Research) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 1992 to 1994.

In an acceptance speech following the appointment, Dr. Oramah said that the shareholders should leave the Annual General Meeting confident that they had made the right decision, explaining, “I may not be a shareholder of your bank, but my interests in the Bank are fully aligned with yours.”


“I have invested most of my adult life in your bank: I made important contributions in the establishment and development of the Bank so I have a vested interest in its survival and growth. Your bank exposed me to the world; and above all, about two years ago, your bank saved my life. So there can be no sacrifice too great for me to make for your bank. I step into the new role with courage and loyalty founded on these facts,” continued Dr. Oramah.

He promised to continue to pursue the policy of inclusiveness started by his predecessors and to support all shareholders, big and small, pointing out that he would use the lessons of history to shape the vision for tomorrow.

Dr. Oramah completed his advanced education at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he obtained an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 1987 and 1991 respectively. He had received a B.Sc., also in agricultural economics, from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1983.

Dr. Oramah’s appointment followed a recommendation by the Bank’s Board of Directors. Under the terms of the Afreximbank Charter, Presidents of the Bank are appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors, and serve for terms of five years, renewable only once.

The formal selection process for the new President began in January 2015 with the publication of a call for applications in the international media and on the Afreximbank website. Applicants were subsequently shortlisted and interviewed in a process managed by an international human resources consulting firm. The names of the four top candidates were forwarded to the Board of Directors which then recommended the preferred candidate to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Also today, Dr. Denny Kalyalya, Governor of the Bank of Zambia, was elected Chairman of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, replacing Marcelin Agaya, Vice Minister for the Economy of Gabon, who had held the chairmanship since the last Annual General Meeting held in Libreville in 2014.

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was preceded by three days of side events, including seminars and meeting of the Advisory Group on Trade Finance and Export Development in Africa, an investment forum and a trade exhibition.
http://afreximbank.com/afreximbank-appoints-new-president-dr-benedict-oramah-to-take-office-in-september/

kettykin:
Another igbo man to head Afrexim bank.


Benedict Oramah, the Nigerian banker who was in June named President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) by the shareholders of the continental financial institution will, on Monday, September 21, assume duties at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Well,i don't jealous u people,all i owe u guys is true love.In Igbo people i find true brotherhood.One love.

Yeske2:
He is of Igbo descent but now a Norwegian now so how does this affect us? Good luck to him and congrats to him.

The issue there is: "He is Igbo" . . . now go take a nap.

Ramnon2:
Igbos in govt in
UK
Poland
Norway (soon)
US
Hm! Spreading the Igbo sprit far and near

Dont forget Gabon and Nigeria as well

Yeske2:
He is of Igbo descent but now a Norwegian now so how does this affect us? Good luck to him and congrats to him.

if you're Igbo you're Igbo and since Igbo isn't a country you can be Igbo and a member of various states. Someone can be Igbo and Nigeria, or Igbo and Norwegian without being any less Igbo than anyone else.

Many us of have gotten into the habit of making Igbo synonymous with Nigerian, which is a false assumption.