The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, has asked the Presidency to jettison the call to name the University of
Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such move
can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North.
This was as it stressed that the former presidential
aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, Adamu Garba, must tender an apology
to Ndigbo for making such unhistorical remark.
Garba, had, on Friday, advised President, Major-General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to immortalise Queen Elizabeth who died on Thursday,
at 96, by renaming the UNN after her.
But reacting, the Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said such remark was capable of instigating conflict in the country.
According to the statement, “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide
has cautioned the Federal Government against renaming the foremost and most
prestigious University, the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the late British
monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
“The University has bequeathed a legacy in south-eastern
Nigeria and it’s worthwhile for the former APC presidential aspirant, Adamu
Garba to know that the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, was renamed
after the late British monarch, and is known as Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre,
Umuahia, yet Nigerians have yet to see the late Queen Elizabeth’s legacies in
northern Nigeria. It’s appropriate for the North to have a fair share of the
Queen’s legacy.
“If the Federal Government and the Presidency wish to
immortalise late Queen Elizabeth II, it should look at the role of the Queen in
granting Nigeria political freedom and independence on October 1, 1960. And the
most appropriate place to show gratitude to Great Britain should be at Aso
Rock.
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