Igbo leaders after the two days 6th World Igbo Summit with the theme ” : Enduring Future for Ndigbo: Expectations and Challenges”held on the 18th-19th of December, 2020 at the Gregory University Uturu, Abia State has issued a communique enunciating their demand which includes among others things for the 2023 Presidency to be microzone to the Ibos by the leading political parties in Nigeria The meeting had as participants intellectuals, professionals, businessmen, Civil society activists, gender advocates and other experts of Igbo extraction residing in different parts of the world.
Notably attendees/participants at the summit includes former Chief of General Staff/Vice President of Nigeria, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe Rtd, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo, Other attendees includes, The Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onuh, former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim ,General (Sen) Ike Nwachukwu, Prof, Joe Irukwu, Prof George Obiozor, Prof Ihechukwu Madubuike, Professor Greg Ibe, Iyom Josephine Anenih, Dr Ifedi Okwenna, Prof. Augustine Uwakwe, Dr Okey Ikechukwu and a host of other leaders.
At the end of the two days brainstorming and deliberations the Igbo leaders issued a communique which was signed by Sen (Gen) Ike Nwachukwu ,Prof. George Obiozor,Prof. Gregory Ibe,Iyom Josephine Anenih and Dr. Ifedi Okwenna .In the communique the Igbo leaders resolved as follows;
-As Ndigbo, Ibos shall continuously seek for a system or polity that guarantees and secures their social, political and economic interest in Nigeria, based on equality of citizenship, equity and justice.
– That as Ibos, they shall diligently and boldly work hard to convince other Nigerians to support Igbo’s quest to become the President of Nigeria as 2023 is the right time for Ndigbo to occupy the seat of the Presidency of Nigeria.
In line with the aforementioned, participants at the Igbo Summit, resolved that,the summit urging igbo politicians to ensure that their respective political parties produce candidates of igbo estraction as presidential candidate of their respective political parties
They also called on Igbo legislators in the National Assembly to seek collaboration with members from other zones to amend the Electoral Act to accommodate a provision that compels INEC to ensure rotation clause in parties constitution, as a requirement for registration, while all our sons and daughters in any political party strive to ensure “rotation of Presidency”
In the communique, the IBO leaders urged Ndigbo to remain politically active and conscious to ensure that the about 26 million registered voting strength of Ndigbo all over Nigeria are effectively mobilized, through regular voter education to strengthen the capacity of the zone to negotiate and ultimately win the Presidency.The Ibo leaders through the communique also stated that Ndigbo know that they can only realize their aspiration through persuasion of other Nigerians and are therefore ready and are engaging other Nigerians and people, and are not antagonistic and abusive as some people are wrongly asserting.
The summit reaffirmed the urgent need for restricting of Nigeria to allow for growth and development in line with resolutions of the 2014 National Conference and The Awka declaration of Ndigbo on restructuring of Nigeria.The Summit through the communique also acknowledged the fact that Ndigbo have substantial investments and is doing business in various parts of the country,The Ibo leaders therefore called on the Federal Government to ensure the security of lives and property of all Nigeria, particularly Ndigbo, as they are usually the main target of hoodlums in times of crisis.
The IBO leaders through the communique issued at the end of the summit also expressed their appreciation to the Chancellor (Prof. Gregory Ibe) and Management of Gregory University for being a wonderful host and for their commitment to the re-engineering of Igbo growth and development through her Igbo Renaissance Center.
