The Secretary-Basic of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Sunday, counseled individuals of the South-East for his or her calmness in abstaining from the collection of protests towards President Bola Tinubu over the financial hardship throughout the nation.
He mentioned the South East has at all times suffered authorities neglect because the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He urged Tinubu to implement the suggestions of the 2014 Constitutional Convention amid the hardship confronting Nigeria.
These have been contained in an announcement made accessible to journalists by Isiguzoro.
He mentioned, “Within the wake of nationwide uproar and agitation sparked by escalating residing prices, financial misery, and famine, a resolute calmness emanates from the Outdated Japanese Nigeria, comprising the South-East and South-South area.
“The placing serenity and resolute silence amidst the prevalent anger and upheaval within the North and Southwest have left many, together with the Presidency and the North, astounded.
“The preeminent Igbo socio-cultural organisation and unwavering advocate for the Igbo individuals commend the residents of the Outdated Japanese area, significantly the South-East, for his or her distinctive acumen and sagacity in abstaining from spearheading protests towards President Tinubu and the Federal Authorities amid financial hardships.
“For the reason that inception of the Buhari regime in 2015 to the present Tinubu administration, the South-East has borne the brunt of governmental neglect and discrimination.
“Whether or not or not it’s the centre’s exclusions, 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 juxtaposed with the favoured therapy of figures like Sowore and Igboho, the injustices meted out to the Sout-East are obtrusive.
“As protests surge in Niger, Kano, Lagos, Osun, and Abuja, the absence of casualties or protester killings ensuing from safety intervention starkly contrasts with the haunting recollections of Southeastern lives misplaced throughout previous protests towards Kanu’s detainment and the tragic Obigbo (Oyibo) bloodbath in Rivers State.
“Ohanaeze stands in awe of the Southeast populace for his or her undaunted bravery and uncommon perception in weathering the storm. We stand in solidarity with all struggling Igbo and Nigerians, urging the Federal Authorities to overtake President Tinubu’s floundering financial group with competent fingers to salvage the crumbling economic system earlier than it collapses fully.
“Furthermore, as a substitute of issuing hole threats to disillusioned residents, the federal government ought to heed the voices of cause and implement the suggestions of the 2014 Constitutional Convention to quell the mounting dissent and riot.”
The PUNCH earlier reported that youths and ladies took to the streets in Niger State to protest what they described because the biting hardship and the rising price of residing within the nation.
The protest began when a gaggle of ladies blocked the Minna-Bida Street on the fashionable Kpakungu Roundabout to lament what they termed the sufferings underneath the Bola Tinubu authorities.
They have been later joined by males and youths who barricaded the street and halted vehicular site visitors.
The financial state of affairs within the nation had turn into insufferable following the elimination of the gas subsidy by President Tinubu on Could 29, 2023.
