The 40 million Igbo
people resident in Nigeria
and elsewhere, represented by Ohaneze
Ndigbo and the South East Governors Forum, will on Monday, May 21, command
global attention as they take a stand on how Nigeria can achieve a more perfect
union and consequently regain its manifest destiny. It promises a galaxy of
Igbo stars in politics and leadership. The promise of the gathering has been
accentuated by the fact that it is hosted by Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra
State whom former Senate President Ken Nnamani rightly describes as the Star of
the East. No one doubts that Nigeria ,
as currently configured, needs a better design.
The ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) set up a powerful committee headed by Kaduna State
Governor Nasir el-Rufai to fashion out a more realistic and effective
Constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari has stated categorically that he is
not opposed to rearranging the country’s administrative structure. Ex-Vice
President Atiku Abubakar has become one of the greatest proponents, after
initially opposing it because of his mistaken ideas about it. In other words,
the call for Nigeria ’s
rebirth is popular and patriotic. All of us desire—and are deserving of— a
better Nigeria .
In the moving and wise language of the late Vice President Alex Ekwueme, Nigeria is a
miracle waiting to happen.
*Nwodo, Ohaneze President-General |