The apex Igbo organization known as Ohaneze Ndigbo has lamented that the former National Chairman of the National Electoral Commission NEC Prof Humphrey Nwosu died without being celebrated by the country despite his contributions towards the electoral system of Nigeria.
The body further protested that while the acclaimed winner the June 12 general election Late MKO Abiola is being remembered and immortalized late Humphrey Nwosu was never honoured.
According to the Acting National President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Chief Damian Okeke Ogene;
“Until death no one and indeed the federal government failed to recognize this man despite the fact that he put his life on the line to same the country’s democracy”
“Late Humphrey Nwosu is my brother and we belong to the same Orumba North local government area of Anambra state and as a matter of fact my Kinsman but it is sad that the successive administrations in the country never said anything about him and not even naming a federal institution after him”
“There are some people in his shoes as it where who would have compromised but he stood his grounds and ensured that the electoral wishes and aspirations of the NIgerian masses and voters are actualized” he said
Ogene further contended that the abandonment of late Humphrey Nwosu until his death is yet an indication of the fact that the NIgerian Civil War has not ended adding that had it been Nwosu is from another tribe he would have been celebrated.
Ogene posited that a National Institute for Political Studies should be established and name after him in rememberanc of his great contributions to shaping the democracy and politics of the country.
“Late Humphrey Nwosu should have a National Institute for Political Studies named after him and also a yearly lecture series should be organized in his name ” he said.
