Ndigbo Have Lost N3.8 Trillion To Sit-At-Home, Education Destroyed - Ohanaeze Offers Solutions
Afnews Editor
Sep 14, 2021
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Tuesday, lamented that the continuous sit-at-home being declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is quickly destroying the economy of the South-East zone.
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This is coming after the pro-Biafra group grounded the South-East on Monday and Thursday last week, and continued again this week, Monday and Tuesday, today.
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Those enforcing the order also yesterday, Monday, attacked a secondary school in Imo State where students were sitting for the West African Senior School Examination, WASCE.
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In a statement by the Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he said the developments were heartbreaking.
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The Ohanaeze scribe said Ndigbo were known to be educationists and entrepreneurs and wondered where such a different spirit was coming from.
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He said, "We are seriously disturbed over these actions that are endangering the future of Igbo pupils students; it is disheartening that the IPOB disciples are playing into the decoys and gimmicks of Igbo detractors.
"It's nonsensical for any right-thinking Igbo to hinder our youngsters from participating in the WACE examinations under any guise of self-determination. Ndigbo are known to be first-class educationists and entrepreneurs; this new trend is certainly alien to Igboland.
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"This madness has reached the zenith of stupidity and must decline; it's on record that Igbo students have remained outstanding in the WACE examination, with spectacular results, so anyone trying to remove this mark is an enemy of Ndigbo.ÔÇØ
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On the economic implication of the sit-at-home order, Isiguzoro lamented that "we have reached the end of the road.
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"Ndigbo have lost almost N3.8 trillion in all facets of economic and social activities due to this absurdity.
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"This must be terminated instantly for our survival. We are in support of state governments to sack and reshuffle all market leadership in the southeast who are supporting the sit-at-home order.
"A time has come for an emergency meeting with Igbo Town Union Administrators, market leaders and other pro-Biafra agitators whose conducts are in line with Igbo interests.
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"We should not fold our hands and allow for a total destruction of the South-East; our enemies are already holding a tea party and we should not allow it to continue.ÔÇØ
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— Afnews Editor