Nigerian politician, statesman and renowned businessman,
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said that the agitations of the Movement for
the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and Indigenous People of
Biafra were not for secession of Ndigbo from Nigeria.
Iwuanyanwu, who spoke at the 2016 World Igbo Summit held at
Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, said the agitations were for fairness
and equity in Nigeria as well as an end to the marginalisation of Ndigbo.
He said that the agitators were exercising their fundamental
rights in a democracy “without resort to violence or use of arms”.
He charged the participants to take a holistic look at
factors that stunted economic and political growth in Igboland in the Nigerian
nation.
Iwuanyanwu further urged participants to lend it’s voice to
the call by various groups and individuals for the restructuring of Nigeria in
line with the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference.
He appealed to the Federal Government to release the IPOB
leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from incarceration or charge him to court without further
delay.
He also called on the Federal Government to pay reparation
to the Enugu community, which was attacked by suspected herdsmen, leading to
the loss of lives and property.
Chairman and co-convener of the 2016 World Igbo Summit,
Maj.- Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, advocated honest effort by patriotic sons and
daughters of Igboland to advance the fortunes of Ndigbo.
The three-day conference is expected to produce a road map for
economic growth and prosperity in the Southeast and other Igbo-speaking states
of Nigeria.
The conference was organised by the World Igbo Summit Group
in collaboration with the Igbo Renaissance Centre of the Gregory University,
Uturu.
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