Distinguished eastern women
group, Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo (NNII) has congratulated the new leadership of
Ohaneze Ndigbo, urging him to be receptive to new ideas and focus on the
challenges ahead.
This is contained in a statement
signed by the BOT chairperson, NNII, Regina Amadi-Njoku.
According to the group, Ohaneze
Ndigbo remains one of the highly revered titles that has conserved the
formidable unity among the sons of Igbo across the country and in the diaspora,
urging the new Ohaneze to live up to expectation as his predecessors to protect
the collective interest of Ndigbo.
The statement further noted that
the challenges ahead are very enormous especially as the nation is battling the
surge of herdsmen in the south.
While reiterating the position of
the group, Amadi-Njoku maintained that NNII has been, and will remain a
formidable group of influential women who eschew partisan alignment with any
individual or group at the expense of our most cherished pastime as a people
with value and respect.
“The challenges facing the Igbo
nation in Nigeria today created the consciousness that a properly primed
Ohaneze leadership can provide a potent negotiation tool for Ndi Igbo.
“As a Pan-Igbo group, we at NNII
wish to appeal to you to show that you are NDI NDU UZOR in the real sense. The
real leadership of Umunne must come with the family spirit of Ndigbo. We pray
that you take time to heal the pre-election rancor and misunderstanding which
is not unusual in any human interaction. We believe that a peaceful ala Igbo is
a precursor to development and progress.
“We all know that NKATA is the
Igbo way of bonding and discussing socio-political, cultural, and economic
progress and therefore suggests it should be your mantra. We want the new
leadership to return to the long-held Igbo values of community, the Onye Aghala
Nwanne Ya and the Igwe Bu Ike spirit Ndigbo succeeds with and is known for.
The group advised the new
leadership to remain focused and avoid being used by any group or individual in
settling old or personal scores as that will derail Ndigbo from achieving their
goals.
“We want a leadership that
represents the interests of all Igbo stakeholders, big and small of Alaigbo
development, and inclusive of women participation in governance and
development. We want a leadership that would put up our course in a Nigeria
that does not see any leg of the tripod holding the country as inferior to the
other.” the statement added
The group also advised the new
leadership to remain receptive to new ideas as challenges ahead would be more
of ideological wars than initially thought, and to ensure the unity of
Southwest towards 2023 agenda
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