The late President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, will be buried on 1 November.
The national burial committee announced this in Abuja shortly after its inauguration by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
The committee, which has prominent Nigerians, including senators, as members, was inaugurated on Tuesday in Abuja.
Mr Iwuanyanwu, a renowned entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist, died on 25 July.
Briefing reporters after the committee’s constitution, Mr Uzodinma, also the South-East Governors’ Forum chairperson, said the committee was set up to give the late President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo a befitting burial.
“The national committee for the burial of our great leader, Iwuanyanwu, the immediate past President-General of Ndigbo, has been constituted.
“The whole idea is to give him a very befitting burial that his status deserves,” he said.
Also, the committee chairperson, Ben Obi, announced that the late Iwuanyanwu would be buried on 1 November.
