Former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, has said that the nation’s economic woes will come to an end, only if president of Igbo extraction was elected into power.
He made this known at a dinner with the Nigerian community in Belgium at Speidemberger Hotel Resort, Brussels on Friday.
The former Governor who is the Coordinator of a new Igbo socio-cultural group, Njiko Igbo, noted that the Igbos were ready to provide “qualitative and dynamic leadership” that can turn around the economy, adding that “Igbos are the salt of the nation.”
He berated successive regimes for allegedly treating people of the South-East unfairly.
Speaking further, the businessman cum politician said the region had qualified people in all areas of human endeavours who can bring their experiences in the private and public sectors to governance, if given the chance.
He praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for de-registering some political parties, advising the commission to conduct all elections in one day and ban government officials from the collation centres.
Kalu stressed that the “Njiko Igbo” group was non-partisan and its priority was to correct the anomalies Ndigbo has suffered in the past years.
He said the group also seeks to co-operate with other established social, economic, political and cultural bodies, with the collective interest of Igbo sons and daughters all over the world.
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