President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Thursday, wondered why members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, are agitating to break away from Nigeria, after seeing with his eyes and confirming that indeed the South-East region is in charge of the economy of the country,
The President made this known at a Town Hall meeting with South-East Leaders, during his one-day Official visit to Imo State.
A statement quoted President Buhari as saying that with less than two years left in his 8-year tenures as President, security still remains a major priority for his administration.
The President said: The fundamental thing about the Igbo people, is that there is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in-charge of either infrastructure or pharmaceutical industry.
“Therefore, it is unthinkable for me that any Igbo man would consider himself not to be a part of Nigeria.
“The evidence is there for everyone to see that Igbos are in charge of Nigeria’s economy.”
Noting that no country can make any meaningful progress without the development of infrastructure, the President expressed regret that successive governments at the Federal level contributed to the decay of critical infrastructure in the country, promising that his Federal Government would complete the ongoing key projects in the region, including the 2nd Niger Bridge, as well as the railway lines, and routes linking the region with other parts of the country.
He stated: I firmly believe that when you get infrastructure right, Nigerians will mind their own businesses.”
Speaking further, he said that the Igbos stand to benefit more from the ongoing development of infrastructure in the country, because “they are more enterprising”.
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