It’s Time For Reflection, Renewal, Rebirth – Ohanaeze Ndigbo

As Nigeria marks her 65th Independence Anniversary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called for nationalist reflection and honorable soul-searching.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation said Nigeria stands astatine a captious juncture and called for unity, equity, and justness successful the travel toward gathering a genuinely inclusive and prosperous nation.
The nationalist publicity secretary, Dr Ezechi Chukwu, stated this successful a connection conveying the remarks of the president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator Azuta Mbata.

“Nigeria astatine 65 should not conscionable beryllium a solemnisation of age, but a sober reflection connected the prime of beingness of its citizens.

“For Ohanaeze and the Igbo federation astatine large, we stay profoundly committed to the ideals of unity, love, peace, justness and nationalist development—but not astatine the outgo of our dignity oregon continued marginalisation.
“The information is that Ndigbo, wherever they reside—within Nigeria oregon abroad—have remained industrious and resilient. They person contributed immensely to the socio-economic cloth of our country, particularly done commerce, innovation, acquisition and culture.

“However, it is inactive wide that they stay burdened by systemic exclusion, unaddressed humanities grievances, and the shrinking abstraction for governmental and structural inclusion.”

Ohanaeze renewed its telephone for the contiguous and unconditional merchandise of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, stating that:
“His continued detention has go a blot connected the conscience of the nation. His lawsuit is nary longer conscionable a ineligible matter—it is simply a trial of our corporate committedness to justice, equity, and nationalist healing.”
It besides called connected leaders crossed the state to govern with quality kindness, equity, and empathy.

“No federation tin endure indefinitely erstwhile a conception of its colonisation feels alienated oregon treated arsenic second-class citizens. Nigeria indispensable emergence to a caller dawn, wherever each child—whether calved successful Aba, Jos, Calabar, Katsina, Enugu oregon Kano—can aspire to lead, to thrive, and to belong.”

Ohanaeze besides called connected the national authorities to recommit to law reforms that volition unleash the imaginable of each federating units, including Ala Igbo, noting it is not lone a governmental necessity but a motivation imperative.