Biafra: Igbo Ekunie Disagrees With President Buhari On Nigerian’s Unity Not Being Negotiable
We the Igbo Ekunie Initiative, IEI, comprising individuals in Nigeria and the Diaspora; disagrees with President Muhamadu Buhari that Nigerian unity is settled and non-negotiable. We insist that Nigerian’s forced unity is not settled and remains negotiable by the ethnic nationalities that make up the country. Evidently, the current overheating of the polity and tensions coupled with the various national upheavals and ethnic agitations show clearly that our unity should not be taken as settled.
Herdsmen
frequently rampage and kill with
impunity, yet there has not been any presidential directive or order to
security agencies to stem the menace.
Arewa youths issued their infamous quit notice for Igbos to leave the
Northern parts of Nigeria and till date,
nobody has been brought to book even when a warrant
of arrest was issued and the culprits are still walking the streets free.
The
first October deadline is fast approaching, the drums of war and acrimony are
sounding louder with brutal ferocity to the chagrin and bewilderment of all
concerned, yet the government considers it unwise to get her citizens to a
round table.
Granted
that people may have legitimate grievances, but till date, the federal government has failed to provide any avenue or
channel for people to air and address these grievances.
We
also note that the National Assembly and National Council of States are not the
appropriate bodies for national discourse. While the national assembly makes
laws, the National Council of States aids
the execution of these laws and government policies.
No
wonder these bodies have not been able to dampen the unprecedented level of
discord tormenting our viability as a country. We must note that the national
assembly got a rare chance when it was presented with the opportunity to
devolve power and restructure the country but instead our senators and
representatives chose to kill the chance on the altar of political expediency.
The
president’s broadcast was a dismal and lackluster performance. No new insight
on moving the country forward was
offered; the president simply repeated several lip serving speeches that no
longer relate to our state of affairs.
Finally,
we use this opportunity to call for a UN supervised referendum amongst the
component units with a view to resolving and finding a lasting solution to cure
the persistent self-determination agitations which the Nigerian government has
proved incapable of addressing.
Signed:
Maazi Tochukwu
Ezeoke
President Igbo
Ekunie Initiative
Email: president@igboekunie.org
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