Don’t look up on Nigeria, lawyer tells Ndigbo

An Onitsha-based legal practitioner, Mr. Anthony Orji, has
challenged Ndigbo to stop looking unto Nigeria for salvation, but
should strive hard to compel Nigeria to look unto them.

Orji who spoke during the launching of three books: Beyond
Darkness, End of Crises and Desert storm written by an Anambra
State-based journalist, Mr. Theo Rays, said no other part of the
country came to union with an intention for the union to work
except Ndigbo, yet Nigeria has been unfair and unjust to the ethnic
group.

He said the 1966 coup staged by five majors was never an Igbo
coup as some would want the world to believe, rather it was coup
staged by the officers from the three regions of the country.

The legal practitioner called on Ndigbo to come together and put
their house in order to stand on their own, lamenting however that
those at the helm of affairs in the South East were the “surrogates
of the military, who continued to offer” “irresponsible
leadership”.
He decried a situation where Nigerians were only out to crucify
Ndigbo, at the slightest mistake, saying that Evans was being
projected as the Igbo model, forgetting the positive achievements
Ndigbo has made.

As at now, he said, one Chinedu Echeruo, a Nigerian of Igbo
extraction, has been making waves in USA with his computer
software, he designed and sold millions of dollars but nobody has
been talking of him, rather it was Evans that people talk about
with relish as if criminals are found only among Ndigbo.

In his address, the chairman of the occasion, Prof. Peter Emeka
Katchy (FCAI), said Nigeria had only six years of democracy from
1961 to 1966. After that, the Military hijacked power and since
that time even up to date “there was no fundamental orientation of
Federal Government framework and no method of sucession.

Prof. Katchy who is the National President of National
Complementary and Alternative Medical Association (NACAMA), asked
the Acting President , as a matter of national emergency, to
convoke National Conference of all ethnic nationalities.

He also said that the acting President should commence the
operation of true Federalism by making the six geo-political zones
as well as commence fiscal federalism through Revenue Allocation
Commission.

Katchy also advised Osinbajo to embark on the reconciliation of
Nigeria by setting up National Reconciliation Commission as well as
commence strict application of fiscal federalism.

He commended the author of ‘’Desert Storm’’ for its illumination
and motivation and recommended it to every Nigerian to read and
apply its suggestions.In his speech, the author of the book said he
supported the agitation for Biafra because Nigeria has failed to
bring the best out of Ndigbo.

Nigeria and of course the rest of the world have not failed to
appreciate the ingenuity of the Igbo man but also failed to support
him enough to unleash his potentials and bring the best out of his
God- given talents” said Theo Rays.

He said the quit notice issued to Ndigbo by the Arewa Youths is
a clear indication that some parts of Nigerians were still part of
backward third world countries.

The author said Nigerians and Ndigbo in particular have
investments all over the world, but none of them have ever asked
them to quit their countries, rather they are still searching for
people who will invest and grow their economies.

If Arewa youths are willing to ask Ndigbo to quit the North, why
have they not told Guinness, Coca-Cola, MTN and other multinational
companies and individuals to leave the North. I can see that the
Arewa youths need to be educative.

An Onitsha-based legal practitioner, Mr. Anthony Orji, has
challenged Ndigbo to stop looking unto Nigeria for salvation, but
should strive hard to compel Nigeria to look unto them.

Orji who spoke during the launching of three books: Beyond
Darkness, End of Crises and Desert storm written by an Anambra
State-based journalist, Mr. Theo Rays, said no other part of the
country came to union with an intention for the union to work
except Ndigbo, yet Nigeria has been unfair and unjust to the ethnic
group.

He said the 1966 coup staged by five majors was never an Igbo
coup as some would want the world to believe, rather it was coup
staged by the officers from the three regions of the country.

The legal practitioner called on Ndigbo to come together and put
their house in order to stand on their own, lamenting however that
those at the helm of affairs in the South East were the “surrogates
of the military, who continued to offer” “irresponsible
leadership”.
He decried a situation where Nigerians were only out to crucify
Ndigbo, at the slightest mistake, saying that Evans was being
projected as the Igbo model, forgetting the positive achievements
Ndigbo has made.

As at now, he said, one Chinedu Echeruo, a Nigerian of Igbo
extraction, has been making waves in USA with his computer
software, he designed and sold millions of dollars but nobody has
been talking of him, rather it was Evans that people talk about
with relish as if criminals are found only among Ndigbo.

In his address, the chairman of the occasion, Prof. Peter Emeka
Katchy (FCAI), said Nigeria had only six years of democracy from
1961 to 1966. After that, the Military hijacked power and since
that time even up to date “there was no fundamental orientation of
Federal Government framework and no method of sucession.

Prof. Katchy who is the National President of National
Complementary and Alternative Medical Association (NACAMA), asked
the Acting President , as a matter of national emergency, to
convoke National Conference of all ethnic nationalities.

He also said that the acting President should commence the
operation of true Federalism by making the six geo-political zones
as well as commence fiscal federalism through Revenue Allocation
Commission.

Katchy also advised Osinbajo to embark on the reconciliation of
Nigeria by setting up National Reconciliation Commission as well as
commence strict application of fiscal federalism.

He commended the author of ‘’Desert Storm’’ for its illumination
and motivation and recommended it to every Nigerian to read and
apply its suggestions.In his speech, the author of the book said he
supported the agitation for Biafra because Nigeria has failed to
bring the best out of Ndigbo.

Nigeria and of course the rest of the world have not failed to
appreciate the ingenuity of the Igbo man but also failed to support
him enough to unleash his potentials and bring the best out of his
God- given talents” said Theo Rays.

He said the quit notice issued to Ndigbo by the Arewa Youths is
a clear indication that some parts of Nigerians were still part of
backward third world countries.

The author said Nigerians and Ndigbo in particular have
investments all over the world, but none of them have ever asked
them to quit their countries, rather they are still searching for
people who will invest and grow their economies.

If Arewa youths are willing to ask Ndigbo to quit the North, why
have they not told Guinness, Coca-Cola, MTN and other multinational
companies and individuals to leave the North. I can see that the
Arewa youths need to be educative.