"THE IGBO STATES IN MESS"BY SENIOR NNAMDI OBODOECHI |
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| Senior Elder Nnamdi OBODOECHI |
There is no gain saying that the
Eastern part of Nigeria could be described as the worst States without
functioning infrastructure for the citizenry. Nor can the inhabitants of this
part of Nigeria and the two tiers of governments local and State, both past and
present, could beat their chest and be bold enough to challenge other fellow
Nigerians, that we, the Igbo States, have good roads, pure drinking water
steady power supply and security of lives and properties.
The Federal Government of Nigeria
left the Igbos and their cousins behind without taking the appropriate care of
their lives and properties. It is only zone 5 Police Command Benin City, Edo State,
which is controlling the five Igbo speaking States (i.e. land of rising sun).The
one in Calabar is controlling Cross Rivers, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. It was
only recently; after much outcry by the easterners did the Federal government
deems it necessary to approve the Zone 9 Command, Umuahia, which is controlling
Igbo speaking States, yet we suffer insecurity of lives and properties.
Should the Igbos continue with
insecurity of lives and properties and lack of infrastructures so that life
will abound? No airport, aerodrome, or stadium. The ones we have were built by
individual efforts, even the River Niger Wharf at Onitsha awarded during Shagari
regime was abandoned.
The contracts for these
infrastructures were awarded to few “big men or powerful contractors,’’ but
they were not executed. But the most unfortunate occurrences are that these
contracts were awarded without an atom of care from those who awarded them to
monitor the contractors, because they squandered half of the money for the
contracts. The activities of these unscrupulous contractors affected not one,
but all the eastern States. The case of Anambra State is simply outrageous. Pardon
me if I am particular, but charity begins at home.
It will be to the best interest
of all road users if the Federal Government of Nigeria should pay attention to
the Federal roads in the East, e.g. Onitsha-Owerri Road and Benin-Agbor Road. Most
of these roads have been awarded to one contractor or the other; for a couple
of time, almost ten times, without any job done up to date. The Onitsha-Oba
Airport was obvious to the Easterners that some Nigerian prominent contractors
/ business men bribed the Federal government to abandon the job.
To some Nigerians, all these
unfortunate situations in the Eastern part may be a joke, but kindly take a
trip to the eastern States, and see wonders of under-developed at the expense
of tax payers’ sweat.
Should I say that the Federal
Government of Nigeria does not understand the semantic of their nasty character
towards the blessed Easterners? Mostly their impediment over the Igbos and
their cousins is too high, without knowing the appropriate meaning of the
capital word “IGBOS.’’ It means the Intellectuals of Good, Biding Order (IGBO).
We the Igbos must know who we are in the sight of God in the first place and
hold God sincerely without any mixture of religion.
Nigeria would have been the
Japan of Africa, of which all other African countries suppose to emulate from,
but due to mismanagement by the said leaders, they messed up the country. Can we
join hands and lift Nigeria up with this new President or do we still scatter
her more and more? The answer to this question is left for you.
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