The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo,
has urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and incoming state governors of the
Southeast to transform the region into the “Dubai” of West Africa.
Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, made the
call in response to a proposed move by Southwest states to launch a regional
railway line and electricity projects.
Isiguzoro said Tinubu’s administration and those of the
incoming governors should establish rail lines across Owerri, Onitsha, Awka and
Abakaliki.
Speaking with Dailypost, Isiguzoro said: “Ohanaeze is
calling on the new governors from the Southeast and that of Imo and Anambra to
take drastic measures to ensure that rail line passes through Owerri, Onitsha,
Awka, and Abakaliki.
“Ohanaeze is taking a lead role in ensuring that there is a
rail connection from the commercial nerve centre of the Southeast, Aba, to
Owerri to Onitsha where there is a dry seaport.
“But there is no connection between Enugu to Abakaliki. We
are challenging the new governors to ensure that by January 2024 we must have
achieved 80 per cent of these regional railway lines and electricity.”
He also said further: “We want to congratulate the Abia
State Governor for building a geometric power plant in Aba through Professor
Nnagi which has been providing electricity for the SMEs and lighting up Aba and
its environs.
“We also commend the Ebonyi State governor for the
International Airport that would create employment and business opportunities
for the people of the state. We are looking at these industrial revolutions
that, if properly managed by the incoming administration of Southeast
governors, like the regional railway and electricity designed by the Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, will transform the Southeast into Dubai and the centre of attraction of
West Africa.”
According to him, this agenda cannot be achieved without the
support of the incoming Tinubu administration.
Isiguzoro added: “Ohanaeze is urging our people to stop the
spirit of antagonism which has turned our region into a horrible place. Most of
the marginalisation cry is done by external factors.
“We must end the marginalisation mentality and have a
productive mentality. We should form alliances with the moving train.”
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