The apex Igbo socio-
cultural group,Ohanaeze
Ndigbo,yesterday,appealed to the Igbo nation to remain calm in the face
of seeming lopsidedness of appointments made so far by President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Ohanaeze was reacting to the strident outcries that have attended the appointment of the president’s ‘kitchen cabinet’.
President General,Ohanaeze Ndigbo,Chief Enwo Gary Igariwey, spoke at
the Ohanaeze National Secretariat in Enugu during an appraisal meeting
on the Igbo nation.
Chief Igariwey said,”we had a meeting of a select group with Ohanaeze
NEC to discuss Igbo day celebration. It will be held on a low key.
Branches are free to celebrate as they want. But Ohanaeze national will
mark Igbo day on a key.
“It will be a day of retreat,tact and unity. The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Akonauche na Njiko’ (tact and unity).
On the issue of appointments, the PG said,”we ask our people not to
be disappointed on the seeming lopsidedness of appointments made so
far by the president.
“Our people should remain steadfast, think of home, and galvanise
efforts towards the development of Igbo nation because nobody will do it
for us. We have helped in building Lagos and Abuja among others. It is
time to do the same in our own place.
“We should recreate that zeal and develop our place. This years’
celebration is not a time of festival and masquerades,but a tiime for
rethink.”
Also, former Secretary General of Ohanaeze,Chief Joe Achuzie,who was
miffed by the lopsided ‘kitchen cabinet’ appointments, charged Ndigbo to
remain strong and form a veritable opposition that will take over power
come 2019.
According to the former scribe,”having known that the president has
distributed key positions to his brothers, what worries me is that
ministers have been regarded as mere servants by the president. In other
words, if an Igbo is appointed minister,he or she will be a mere
servant.
“The question is, are we to take up such positions to go and serve
him,to go and make him popular? Without an Igbo man being a minister, I
do not think the president will survive. So,Igbo should not take
ministerial position.”
Igbos should reject ministerial positions - Ohanaeze
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