An Igbo socio-political group, under the platform of Conference of Igbo Improvement Union, (CIIU), has cried out over what it sees as the growing neglect of the Igbo-speaking people in the country.
The group, comprising of eight Igbo-speaking states, made its position known at the end of a two- day meeting held in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The group charged governors and eminent figures in the geo-political zone to immediately intervene to ensure that people of the area get fair attention in Project Nigeria.
In a communiqué read after the meeting, the union described “the arrangement in the Buhari government as a furtherance of the post-civil war efforts to devalue the Igbo nation.”
It also rejected the “ugly trend in its entirety and calls for a just and equitable federation, by recognizing and abiding by the zonal formula that that the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been practicing.”
The communiqué, which was signed by representatives of the eight states at the meeting, expressed sadness that since the civil war ended, the lot of the Igbo has not improved, noting that appointments have been lopsided at the exclusion of Ndigbo.
The eight states states at the meeting were, Abia, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Rivers States.
According to the group, the present order is perceived “as a reflection of the wicked policy of marginalisation, which the Nigerian state has been inflicting on the Igbos since the end of the Civil War in 1970.”
They further threatened to seek legal redress, calling for a just and equitable federation, while frowning at the non-inclusive agenda that the Buhari administration seems to be promoting.
The union also condemned the lopsidedness in public office appointments in the eight Igbo states, and called on governors of the affected states to correct this ugly trend, in order to promote peace, harmony, and unity in Igboland.
The union also lamented the ravaging ecological disaster in eastern Nigeria and urged the federal government, “through the instrumentality of the Ecological Fund, to find urgent and lasting solutions to the problem.”
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