The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo has called on the people of South-East to ignore the call by leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu by participating fully in the 2019 general elections.
He advised the Igbos go out fully and vote for leaders that are imbued with desire for a Nigeria that will driven by equity, merit and fairness to all citizens.
Chief Nwodo, who spoke today, Tuesday in Enugu at the Business Conference of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the Diaspora, organized by the Igbo World Assembly, said that his position had been that Nigerians were better together. He added that Ndigbo who are considering the investments they had made in the country would have a better deal.
The Igbo leader Nwodo, who presented the keynote address, cautioned the people of the area, especially the youths against falling for the antics of anyone or groups that would want to incite them against the country.
The president general also advised the people of the zone to take advantage of the 2019 general elections to support a government that would change the narrative in the country.
Chief Nwodo said that the yearning of the majority of Nigerians was to institute a system of government that would re-engineer the economy akin to what obtained in the first republic.
He said that the only way to achieve this was to restructure the system of governance.
“Four zones out of the six in the country have set the agenda for restructuring. I appeal to our people to go out and vote during the election because your warfare is your vote,” he said.
Chief Nwodo said that he looked forward to a time when the children of highly placed politicians in the country would share the same classrooms with less privileged Nigerians as was the case in the first republic.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo is the apex socio-cultural organisation of Ndigbo while IWA is made up of members of the organization in the Diaspora with membership in 37 countries.
Source: NAN
