Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council and other Igbo youth groups yesterday 28th September and today 29th converged in Aba for Igbo day celebration.
Below is communique issued at the end of the meeting.
Communique of Igbo(Youth) Day celebration held in Aba Abia State on 28th/ 29th September 2019.
Igbo Youths that cut across seven Igbo speaking states and their affiliated groups celebrated Igbo Day celebration held at Igbo National High School and Seventh Day Adventist church Enyimba City Aba Abia State with highlights, which includes Igbo Youth day lecture delivered by Barr Uche Okwukwu, Secretary General Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who opined on the need for creation of additional State in the South East, Prayers Summit at the Seventh Day Adventist church Aba on the need for God to Secure Igbo land and laying of wreath for the honour of Igbo youths who were murdered between 1967 to 2019, and other side attractions, at the event following resolutions were reached That;
(1) There’s no going back on the 2023 Igbo Presidency project ( Ogu eji ofor), based on Justice,Equity and Fairness, and 2023 Nigerian Presidency project of Igbo stock had kicked off in Enyimba City with a National Committee set up to reach out other prominent Leaders/Stakeholders and Youth leaders from the Six Geo political Zones, and We urge all Igbo Presidential aspirants to start to activate their contacts towards building bridges across Six Geo political Zones of Nigeria, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council in diaspora had promised to raise a huge Funds running into millions of dollars by end of 2022 to support whoever the Youths nominates amongst the current Southeast Governors,or Former Governors as Igbo Presidential Candidate ahead of 2023 Presidential election.
(2) Igbo youths attention have been drawn on the closure of Akanu ibiam Int’l Airport Enugu for 34 days now without any Commencement of any rehabilitation work going on there, We don’t want to believe that there are sinister motives and intentions by Ministry of Aviation,to infect untold Economic hardship and sabotage the efforts of South East Governors to the successful upgrading of Enugu Airport to full Int’l Airport by putting all the night landing facilities to accommodate Int’l flights during the Xmas period, We are alerting President Muhammadu Buhari and South East Governors of non Commencement of Work in the Airport, if no Contractor is seen on site between one week of this public condemnation of Closure of Enugu Airport without any Commencement of rehabilitation work, there will be heavy Protests and Civil disobedience in Abuja and across the Igbo speaking States against the minister of Aviation on this matter,we wonder why Lagos/Ibadan expressway rehabilitation work is ongoing day and night and there’s non Commencement of rehabilitation work at Enugu Airport 35 days after.
(3) Igbo Youth call on Igbo investors and business moguls to relocate their businesses back home and Support the realisation of Enyimba Economic City Aba project as a means of securing their life endeavours not to be under threats under any guise,as We had mobilised foreign investors from Asia and Europe for the realisation of Enyimba Economic City Aba, About six foreign investors from Asia and Europe in health sector, manufacturing and distribution had indicated interests and will be in Abia State to negotiate with the Government on the way forward, this foreign investors will create about 200,000 Jobs for our unemployed youths at the commencement of Enyimba Economic City Aba.
(4) Igbo youths passed Vote of Confidence on the South East Governors led by Gov Dave umahi on the Resolutions of the forum on the recent ban on movement of cattle by foot in the South East, specifically special thanks to the Enugu State Governor,RT Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi,on the implementation of 1700 Forest Guards to tackle the insecurity challenges emanating from the activities of criminals masquerading as herdsmen, Igbo youths will now deal decisively any erring pastoralist from 1st October 2019.
We should to let the Army to know that they should suspend any operations in the South East or put human face in the next operation python dance in the South East,since there’s no insurgents In South East, the military should focus in the North East and West to settle the insecurity challenges emanating from Boko haram activities and banditry,We will not accept any illegal activities of Military officer in the South East that may lead to the untimely death of any youths as in the case witnessed by dismissed military officer Sgt Johnson, and we Urge all Biafra agitators to shelve off any plans for Protests as Army will begin operations in the nearby future.
(5) Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide welcome home the delegation of Igbo Youths who escaped the xenophobic Attack in South Africa, this delegation led by the chairman of ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth South Africa, Mazi Collins Ogbuehi,begged the South East Governors led by Gov Dave umahi to consider helping them in resetting down, We specifically honour the Management of Airpeace for the kind gesture extended to stranded Nigerians at South Africa recently, our award as Igbo woman of the year goes to a British citizen who had spent 35 years in itumbuzor leprosy missionary centre, Bende LGA, Abia,Ms (Ngozi )Cornwell, this White British citizen dedicated her life treating leprosy patients for 35years and speak fluently Igbo language, We will push her for National awards in the office of SGF and Abia State awards during the 2020 edition Enyi Abia awards on 27th August 2020.
(6) finally We draw the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari on the State of federal roads in the South East, almost all the federal roads in the South East had collapsed in this raining season, Enugu-Ph (Aba Axis) are death traps, Onitsha-Enugu are impasse,Aba/Calabar Expressways have been overtaken by bushes and hunters are having a field day,Abaomoge/ugep Road, Owerri/pH road, Umuahia/ikot Ekpene road are no longer motorable, Ohafia/Arochukwu/Calabar Expressways the only bridge linking abia and cross river had collapsed,Okigwe/Akowa federal road is now a trekking routes only bicycles and motorcycles…We urge federal government to declare State of emergency in all the federal roads in the South East .
Mazi Okechukwu isiguzoro
President General
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide
Mazi Okwu Nnabuike
Secretary General
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide.
