Abakaliki chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Friday condemned the ongoing National voters’ registration exercise in the country, that the idea of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC providing one local government with one registration machine was a calculated attempt to disenfranchise many Nigerians of voting age.
The Ndigbo group said the exercise as too cosmetic and different from the last registration exercise of 2014, where every voting Centre in Nigeria had a machine configured to it.
The droup further disclosed that the present INEC has demonstrated to Nigerians since late 2015 that it was bereft of good initiatives.
The apex Igbo group also called on Southern Governors comprising the South South, South East and South West to ensure that the Southern Governors Forum is active for the interest of the people within the geographical zone of the country.
In a statement issued in Abakaliki after its National Executive Committee, NEC, Meeting held at the Enugu National Headquarters, the President General of the apex Igbo socio-political organization, Chief John Nnia Nwodo Jnr, stated that the prevailing political situation in Nigeria has made it imperative for the Southern Governors to meet on regular basis to proffer their solutions and advices on emerging national issues as they affect the government and people of the Southern Nigeria.
According to him, a formidable and virile bloc of governors of the Southern divide will reposition them as an irresistible and indispensable body that would aid the growth of the nation’s economy.
Nnia Nwodo in the statement said “The deliberate and continuous lopsided federal appointments in favour of the North, the blatant, incessant and unfettered destruction of farms, rape of women and killing of innocent Nigerians by herdsmen among other issues demand that Nigerians of all walks of life rise up in defense of their right to life and human dignity.”
