WHY TOP IGBO POLITICIANS INSIST ON ONE NIGERIA

By Azolike Nonso Afamefuna

Rochas Okorocha wants one Nigeria because he wants to be president.

Orji Uzor Kalu doesn’t want secession because his glamour would make Hausa-Fulani-led APC government to reopen his corruption case with the EFCC.

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state want elections to hold in Anambra state because he fears losing his relevance through state of emergency and abolition of his second term bid.

Governor Umahi of Ebonyi state doesn’t want restructuring because he fears that his state would not be financially buoyant through fiscal federalism in a restructured Nigeria.

Those are Igbo political sons who have gone against popular opinion of their people because of their selfish, wicked and inordinate ambitions.

Rochas Okorocha’s ambition is not everlasting. The highest he could do would be to rule Nigeria for 8 years and go down for another, and the injustice continues.

Orji Uzor Kalu’s game is ephemeral because his wound would still be reopen when another government comes into power and his corruption cases properly revisited. His indifference to Biafran ideology is only transitory.

Governor Obiano’s desire for power is infeasible and volatile because the people are the electorate and have the right to have themselves disenfranchised through massive boycott at the poll

Governor Victor Umahi’s fear is evanescent and vaporizable because a restructured Nigeria would give the parasitic region that depends more on the centre the avenue to rediscover their potentials of being economically viable through investment on productive outputs. By that, that fear itself vapourises. No region can live in a decline for years. There must be a change. Restucturing is a change. No wonder Nigerians voted for change and yet they still want to live in an old system for years.

 

 

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