The Secretary Common of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Sunday counseled the individuals of the South East for his or her calm in remembering the collection of protests in opposition to President Bola Tinubu over the financial hardship throughout the nation.
He stated the South East has all the time suffered from authorities neglect because the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He urged Tinubu to implement the suggestions of the 2014 Constitutional Convention amid the hardships going through Nigeria.
These have been contained in a press release that Isiguzoro made accessible to journalists.
He stated: “Within the wake of nationwide upheaval and agitation, fueled by the rising price of dwelling, financial misery and famine, a decided calm is rising from the previous Japanese Nigeria, comprising the South-East and South-South areas.
“The putting serenity and resolute silence amid the prevailing anger and unrest within the North and Southwest have left many, together with the Presidency and the North, bewildered.
“The premier Igbo socio-cultural group and staunch advocate for the Igbo individuals commends the residents of the Previous East area, particularly the South East, for his or her distinctive sagacity and sagacity in refraining from main protests in opposition to President Tinubu and the federal authorities amid financial disaster. hardships.
“Because the inception of the Buhari regime in 2015 below the present Tinubu administration, the South East has borne the brunt of presidency neglect and discrimination.
“Whether or not it’s the exclusion of the centre, the wanton demolition of Igbo properties in Lagos with out federal intervention, the systematic burning of Igbo markets within the South West, minimal federal ministerial appointments, or the unjust incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, mixed with the favored therapy of With figures like Sowore and Igboho, the injustices inflicted on the South East are dire.
“As protests intensify in Niger, Kano, Lagos, Osun and Abuja, the absence of casualties or killings of protesters as a result of safety intervention stands in stark distinction to the haunting recollections of lives within the South East misplaced throughout earlier protests in opposition to Kanus detention and the tragic Obigbo (Oyibo) bloodbath in Rivers State.
“Ohanaeze stands in awe of the individuals of the Southeast for his or her fearless braveness and uncommon perception into weathering the storm. We stand in solidarity with all struggling Igbos and Nigerians and urge the Federal Authorities to overtake President Tinubu's floundering financial crew with competent fingers to avoid wasting the crumbling financial system earlier than it fully collapses.
“Moreover, as an alternative of issuing empty threats to disillusioned residents, the federal government ought to heed the voices of purpose and implement the suggestions of the 2014 Constitutional Convention to quell rising dissent and rebel.”
The PUNCH earlier reported that youths and girls in Niger State took to the streets to protest what they described because the nation's biting hardship and rising price of dwelling.
The protest began when a bunch of ladies blocked the Minna-Bida highway on the widespread Kpakungu roundabout to lament what they referred to as the struggling below Bola Tinubu's authorities.
They have been later joined by males and youths who barricaded the highway and stopped vehicular site visitors.
The financial state of affairs within the nation had change into insufferable following the abolition of gasoline subsidy by President Tinubu on Could 29, 2023.
