Comments on: Time to reappraise answers that have failed to solve problem of Ndi Igbo in Nigeria https://thecitizenng.com/time-to-reappraise-answers-that-have-failed-to-solve-problem-of-ndi-igbo-in-nigeria/ Nigeria's leading online newspaper Tue, 14 Apr 2015 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: TA https://thecitizenng.com/time-to-reappraise-answers-that-have-failed-to-solve-problem-of-ndi-igbo-in-nigeria/#comment-79 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 18:00:00 +0000 http://thecitizenng.com/?p=65364#comment-79 If CPC had aligned with APGA it is feasible that a Yoruba person may be penning this article. So, however you analyze the dynamics of Nigeria’s current political structure, one region (out of North, East and West) will always be in opposition to the center.

Obviously, the reason why each region wishes to align with the center is because of the power and financial resources controlled by the center. So, the question needs to be asked – why don’t we instead push for an equitable solution that suits our multilingual and multicultural nation in such a way that we minimize the power and financial resources controlled by the center and instead ensure that the regions get more of these resources and power while the center manages very little in the nation’s resources?

If we keep the status quo this nation will never develop in a uniform, progressive and equitable fashion as one region will always be shortchanged! The only folks who benefit from the current arrangement are politicians rather than the people they purport to represent.

]]> By: Monye Ebube https://thecitizenng.com/time-to-reappraise-answers-that-have-failed-to-solve-problem-of-ndi-igbo-in-nigeria/#comment-78 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:01:00 +0000 http://thecitizenng.com/?p=65364#comment-78 Ndigbo will always miss it because they seem to have a warped sense of history. While Bola Tinubu was building on Awo’s federalist vision using the AD plank, APGA recoiled and did nothing about building on Zik’s republican vision but instead left Ndigbo to rot in their delusion of never wanting to be in opposition to the centre. Yes, you can see that in Peter Obi when he crossed over to PDP after his 8-year tenure as Anambra State governor and APGA leader.

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