The President General of the Ohanaeze, Chief John Nnia Nwodo has made it clear that Igbos would not want Nigeria to be split because they have more at stake than any other ethnic groups in the country.
He stressed that the apex Igbo organization would prefer that the country is restructured than break up as being agitated for by some Igbo youths.
A statement from the Office of the President General quoted him as telling a cross section of Ndigbo leaders in Abuja that no ethnic group has more stake in Nigeria project than the Igbo and as such cannot consider a break up as a viable option.
The Ohanaeze boss said that there is no part of this country where Ndigbo have not invested their resources even without any corresponding investment from others in Igboland.
He said that while Ohanaeze understands and appreciates the circumstances that prompted the youth agitations under the MASSOB and IPOB platform, the elders do not believe that leaving the country is a reasonable option at this time.
Nwodo said that the various segments of Igbo leadership comprising the Ohanaeze leadership, Governors, National Assembly members, Traditional and religious leaders after deliberating on the situation in Enugu came to the conclusion that the restructuring option is the reasonable way to go.
He said that restructuring will bring Nigeria to a level where every person of whatever tribe, religion or class would have a sense of belonging and in return give in their best for the development of the country.
Nwodo also announced that steps are being taken by the apex body leadership to carry along the youths of the region and ensure that the Ndigbo have a common and unified position on the way forward for them.
The Ohanaeze President General insisted that equal partnership, equal ownership and level playing ground for all is the right way to go to bring the best in our people and set the country on the path of growth and development. [myad]
