Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural group, says
Nigeria will be transformed if an Igbo president emerges in 2023.
Nnia Nwodo, the president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, stated
this in a congratulatory message to Nigerian-born Kelechi Madu, the newly
appointed minister of justice and solicitor general in Alberta, Canada.
With his elevation from his previous role as minister for
municipal affairs, Madu became the first African to be appointed minister of
justice in Canada.
In the congratulatory message signed by Emeka Attamah, his
media adviser, Nwodo commended Madu for the achievement.
He said Ohanaeze Ndigbo is highly honoured by the exploits
of Madu in Canada, adding that an Igbo president, if elected in 2023, will
tranform the country.
Nwodo appealed to the federal government to stop
marginalising persons of Igbo origin in order to explore the talents therein
for the benefits of all.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo is highly honoured by the exploits of Kaycee
Madu in far away Canada as an Igbo son. Mr Madu had contested and won a seat
into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district
of Edmonton-South West from where he was appointed and sworn in as Minister of
Justice and Solicitor General by the Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, on April
30, 2020,” the statement read.
“On behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, I commend the
sterling qualities of Mr Kaycee Madu, as well as other Igbo sons and daughters
who have excelled so much outside the country, such as the recently appointed
first black Vice Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University in the UK, Prof Charles
Egbu, and many others.
“The exploits of Igbo sons and daughters both within and
outside the country are indices of the cerebral capability and ingenuity of the
people which Nigeria could exploit to advance its development.
“The Federal Government should stop marginalising and
victimising the Igbo in the country so that the latent creative potentials
could be harnessed for the good of all. Nigeria would witness a turn around in
her fortunes if a president of Igbo extraction was allowed to emerge in 2023.”
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