By Ikenna ONUOHA, Mnipr
The enclave called South East is 100% occupied by the Igbo, who share common affinity, religion, culture and tradition.
Record has it that before the civil war broke out, Ndigbo were the only major ethnic group in Nigeria that held the economic strength and future of the country. However, the tribe produced and manufactured virtually everything the citizens of the country were using internally.
The people called, Ndigbo are business oriented who made remarkable impact in the development and growth of the nation. The salient point to be noted is that, throughout Nigeria, no community, Local Government, state or region can develop without the major input by NdIgbo.
These crop of individuals in the South East are detribalized, patriotic and nationalistic in every issues concerning the Nigerian enclave. They are displaying genuine love for the nation than those benefiting from its natural resources.
Regrettably, the zone despite its contribution to nation building since independence in 1960, has suffered high level of betrayal, stabbing, marginalization and political humiliation.
The most annoying part of the whole scenario to justify the obvious hatred of the Igbo was reflected by President Muhammadu Buhari in his appointments and other power sharing under his leadership.
Similarly, President Buhari, in his imagination and consternation described Ndigbo as a DOT in a circle. By this, political analysts say that Mr President does not see anything important in them nor take them as threat to his party’s political life wire.
What Mr President failed to understand is that for the entire Igbo nation to occupy over 35% of the total population of the country, it is enough to see Ndigbo as full CIRCLE rather than a DOT.
Our consolation is not that Mr President and his APC hate Ndigbo in no small measure, but our hope is that there are still some of our leaders who still believe that the Igbo race is indispensable. Such leaders include but not limited to Senator Samuel Anyanwu who without delay dispelled the attribute of Mr President against Ndigbo. The Igboness in him is not in doubt, hence the sponsorship of South East Development Commission (SEDC) Bill.
In his power sharing and allocation of appointments, Mr President has not hidden his hatred and glaring marginalization of Ndigbo who had without grudge, stood their ground for his emergence in 2015.
If Mr President, as the father of the nation could openly call Ndigbo a DOT, what the APC and its leaders are doing in the secret to totally erase the tribe is what only God can see.
Nigeria is made up of six regions with Ndigbo, Hausa and Yoruba taken the front seat as the majority. The question is, if the Igbo are one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria, why then would Mr President continues to show that he does not love them nor consider them qualified to hold unto sensitive positions in his government?
The truth of the matter is that despite the threat and uncountable insults on Ndigbo, their resolute quest to develop Nigeria has never been deterred, wane nor reduced.
This is how to know those that love their country. It is wrong that those claiming ownership of the country do not have any stake in Nigeria. Reason be that for one to be a stakeholder, such person must have a stake
Glaringly speaking, the worth of businesses of Ndigbo across the nation is more than 50 trillion. This is because, an average Igbo person sees his immediate environment whether in the North, South, West and East as where he should be part of for its development.
To conclude, it is an aberration, disgraceful and total insult on Ndigbo that after their steadfastness, commitment, dedication, investment and obedient to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, those expected to reciprocate the gesture are obviously showing signs of distrust, staving, and ingratitude to their wellbeing.
Until the interest of Ndigbo and their environs are respected and acknowledged to be indispensable to nation building, the myriads of the nation problems occasioned by insecurity, corruption, economic sabotage and administrative incompetence will continue to elude Nigeria.
By so doing, we shall be expecting Imo and Nigeria of our collective dreams!
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