The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reiterated its call for restructuring of the country and creation of additional states in the Southeast. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu made the call during Ohanaeze Ndigbo Retreat with the theme “Ako Bu Ije” (Development with Wisdom) on Wednesday in Enugu.
Iwuanyanwu, who said Ohanaeze was not happy with the 1999 Constitution as amended, called for restructuring of Nigeria where power would devolve from the Federal Government to the State Government.
This, he said, would help the state have a reasonable autonomy to develop at their own pace without any hindrance from the Federal Government.
“It will enable us to build our own seaports, railways and other infrastructure to develop the zone,” he said.
While calling for creation of an extra state in the zone, the Igbo Leader lamented that the southeast had lost trillions because of inadequate states like in other geopolitical zones. He threatened to take legal action against the Federal Government if it failed to give the region an additional state equivalent to other zones in the country, saying “we are assembling Igbo lawyers to pursue it”. He added that they would allow the state anywhere it was created in Igboland.
Ohanaeze Reiterates Call For Creation Of Sixth South East State
