The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has asked President Bola Tinubu to focus on creating a true federal constitution and restructuring of\u00a0 Nigeria.
\nChief Iwuanyanwu made this appeal\u00a0 during a live television interview on Wednesday.
\nAccording to him, the peace committee he set up was intended to clear up the misunderstandings and curb the alleged unfair treatments that other Nigerian tribes show towards Igbo people.
\nOn the need for a federal constitution, Chief Iwuanyanwu said, \u201c We had a true federal constitution in 1960,1963, and that worked for us.
\n\u201cLater on, they changed to military constitution which is not right. Now, that is why we in Igbo land, we are saying, please, let us have a true federal constitution. What we are operating today is a unitary government. It doesn\u2019t work with a people who have diverse backgrounds.
\n\u201cI believe that the government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu should take steps to see if we can actualise this restructuring of Nigeria. Without a proper restructuring, Nigeria will continue to have problem, there is no way this country can survive. Today, everybody is talking about presidency. In a restructured Nigeria, the presidency will not attract so much attention as it does today\u201d.
\nSpeaking on alleged animosity displayed towards Igbos, Chief Iwuanyanwu said since the last general elections, there had been unfair treatments towards Igbos.
\nHe said, \u201cSuddenly after the elections, Igbo buildings were being demolished in various places with excuses. I have investigated the demolitions in Lagos with example, and it is very clear to me that some of them didn\u2019t follow the process of law of any civilised society.\u201d
\nOn the peace committee that has been set up to clear the prejudice between the Ndigbo and the rest of Nigerians, he said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to produce our own story about the events in Nigeria from 1966. We\u2019re going to produce a book which we are going to keep in Nigeria for posterity, to know the position of Igbos.
\n\u201cBecause today, a young Northerner, for example, will think Igbos hate Northerners by killing two great leaders from the North; it\u2019s not true. But when we put our story, this community will put up a story, it will be clear.\u201d
\nAccording to Chief Iwuanyanwu, the committee is also set to contact the leaders of other ethnic groups to find out their misgivings and fallouts with Ndigbo, so that peace can be brokered between the Igbos and the ethnic groups in Nigeria if there were any problems.<\/p>\n

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The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has asked President Bola Tinubu to focus on creating a true federal constitution and restructuring of\u00a0 Nigeria. Chief Iwuanyanwu made this appeal\u00a0 during a live television interview on Wednesday. According to him, the peace committee he set up was intended to clear up the misunderstandings and curb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n