President Bola Tinubu has been advised to immediately implement the recommendations of the 2014 national conference to properly integrate Igbos in the country. Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark made the call in an open letter to the president on Thursday While extending his heartfelt congratulations to Tinubu on his “memorable one year in office,” he told him that he is worried about the fate of the younger generation as he wondered what hope they have for the future. Noting the position of the young independent Igbos, he said: “Any child in any of the parts of that pot, when he or she grows to 17, 18, 19 and becomes independent of his parents and is able to reason for himself, has the right to ask whether he is truly part of this country when all that he sees is discrimination, hatred, injustice, unfairness in the offices, in the street, at workplaces and even in institutions of the government and wonders of the widening gap between the rich and the poor.
It is pathetic and unacceptable.” Clark asserted that no one part of the country has a greater right to it than the other. “The Igbos of the South East deserve to have a sense of belonging in this Country.
All that is required is for us to demonstrate reciprocal respect, love and understanding to one another. Let us do what is right, let us accommodate one another, and be fair to one another,” he said. The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) noted the historical problems faced by the South East, saying:.
