The President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said that Igbos have spread their business capacity across every part of the country, and have contributed hugely to the development of Nigeria. He said this during an interview with The Punch which was published on Sunday July 2nd.
Iwuanyanwu said that the Nigerian Constitution says that every Nigerian can live and work peacefully in any part of Nigeria, and that is what the Igbos have been doing. He added that the Igbos have never been to someone’s land with the intention of snatching it from the indigenes of the place.
Speaking about the tensions and ethnic profiling which characterized the last general elections, Iwuanyanwu said that if Igbos come to Lagos and want to develop the place, they would rather buy land there, adding that Igbos always acknowledge that anywhere they go, the land belongs to people.
He said – “The Igbos have always obeyed the Constitution of Nigeria everywhere they are. They are always in pursuit of happiness and have never been to someone else’s land and snatched it. The Igbo acknowledged that anywhere they go belongs to somebody. If they come to Lagos and want to develop they will rather buy the land.”
In addition to that, Iwuanyanwu said that Lagos would not be what it is today without the contributions of outsiders, and that the indigenes of Lagos must have it in mind that Lagos was developed by outsiders.
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