The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the people of the Southeast region to invoke the indomitable Igbo spirit of brotherliness, hard work, ingenuity, wisdom, resilience, inventiveness, perseverance and capacity to turn adversities into diverse opportunities as the economic hardship in Nigeria continues to deteriorate.
The group also urged governors of the region, council chairmen, traditional rulers and town union presidents general to take advantage of the upcoming farming season to catalyze massive agricultural production for sustainable food security in the southeast.
In a communique issued after a meeting of Southeast leaders and Stakeholders held in Enugu and chaired by the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the body also enjoined the governors to step up security networks in their various jurisdictions, and commended Engineer Iwuanyanwu in his recent message to Ndigbo that no Igbo group or community in Nigeria or in the Diaspora should join in a planned protest against the government of Nigeria.
The Ohaneze Ndigbo regretted that South East is the only geopolitical zone in Nigeria that has only five states and ninety-five local government areas while one other geopolitical zone has one hundred and eighty-eight local government areas, adding that the lingering injustice has cost Ndigbo billions of financial losses.
According to the group, it is a common knowledge that the Sit at Home in the South East is because of the incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and all the appeals to the federal government for the release of Mazi Kanu have been rebuffed as an Igbo problem.
They also said that since there has remained an orchestrated conspiracy to alienate the Igbos from the affairs of the country, it will be foolhardy for the Igbo youths to present themselves as cannon fodders at this critical juncture in Nigeria’s political history.
The Ohaneze Ndigbo further revealed that an expanded meeting of Igbo leaders comprising all the South East Governors will soon be convened to develop options and proffer solutions and guidance to all the sons and daughters of Igbo land on the way forward, and unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu for the exceptional leadership he is providing to Ndigbo at this precarious time.
Comments are closed for this post.