The apex Igbo sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has mentioned the Igbos within the Southeast have refused to hitch the hardship protest in opposition to President Bola Tinubu as a result of important ongoing infrastructural transformation within the area.
Ohanaeze mentioned the continued infrastructural improvement within the Southeast was facilitated by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi.
In an announcement signed by its factional Secretary-Basic, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze mentioned: “In a resolute response to prevailing financial challenges, the choice of Ndigbo to chorus from partaking in hardship protests in opposition to President Tinubu within the Southeast is underpinned by a catalog of protracted sufferings endured by the folks of the area because the introduction of the previous President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015 until 2023.
“This distressing epoch was marred by the heart-wrenching specter of 670 Igbo lives misplaced in protests beneath the oppressive grip of the Buhari regime, instilling a profound worry of deadly crackdowns by safety forces throughout demonstrations.
“In opposition to this tumultuous backdrop, the numerous ongoing infrastructural transformation witnessed within the Southeast, courtesy of President Tinubu’s initiatives facilitated by the Minister of Works, Senator(Engr) Dave Umahi, stand as pivotal determinants for Ndigbo’s resolute abstention from disruptive protests.”
Isiguzoro urged Tinubu to unequivocally dismiss as baseless the claims of people masquerading because the architects behind the Southeast’s stance of non-involvement in protests, notably the Southeast political elite comprising Governors, Ohanaeze leaders, Senators, and Home of Representatives members, who’re depicted as opportunists.
He added: “Opposite to deceptive assertions, these figures bear minimal duty for the Southeast’s deliberate option to shun protests in opposition to Tinubu. The first concerns underpinning Ndigbo’s abstention have been the overriding apprehension of potential lack of life and the even handed choice by the Igbo populace to not disrupt the continued essential street building endeavors spearheaded by President Tinubu by way of the invaluable contributions of the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi.
“Ndigbo categorical profound elation on the commendable progress achieved within the complete reconstruction of uncared for Federal Expressways crisscrossing the Southeast for many years.
“The approaching fruition of those essential infrastructure tasks will undoubtedly function a necessary linchpin that can augur elevated help for President Tinubu among the many Igbo neighborhood within the foreseeable future.”
