Mr Chukwu made the promise on Friday in Owerri while inaugurating the screening and election committees for the exercise slated for January 2025.
Mr Iwuanyanwu was buried in his hometown, Atta in Ikeduru council area of Imo, on Saturday.
“He pursued issues of justice and equity with a nationalistic consciousness,” Mr Akpabio said.
MrEmuchey said the departed leader remained an absolute patriot who devoted his life for the pursuit of the peace and progress of Ndigbo and Nigeria.’’
Mr Iwuanyanwu died on July 25 during an illness.
The late entrepreneur and politician would be buried on November 1 at his country home at Attah, Imo state.
The national burial committee announced this in Abuja shortly after its inauguration by Governor Hope Uzodinma.
“We should accord him deep respect by taking heed of all he had warned us of as Ndigbo,” the chieftain said.
Mr Iwuanyanwu emerged as the 11th president-general of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo on April 20, 2023, after taking over from George Obiozor, who died on December 29, 2022.
The president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, is dead.
