Ohaneze chieftain advises against sit-at-home call on traders

On June 7, 2013 · In News

9:07 pm

Onitsha (Anambra) – Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation has said that South-East traders and businessmen will suffer huge financial losses if they heed the call by MASSOB to sit at home on Saturday.

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had declared Saturday as a peaceful sit-at-home protest day.

It said the action meant to draw attention to the alleged marginalisation of Ndi-Igbo in Nigeria.

Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, a Chieftain of Ohaneze in Anambra,   in Onitsha on Friday said that there were better options for Ndi-Igbo to protest their marginalisation than embarking on sit-at-home protests.

“MASSOB sit-at-home order is unjustifiable because if Ndi-Igbo are allowed to obey the sit-at-home order, they would lose more than N1 billion for sitting at home on a whole day since they are predominantly buyers and sellers of goods.

“We have to apply wisdom in our protests and wait patiently until we see the 2nd Niger Bridge, federal roads, Federal Government industries, adequate security system, uninterrupted power supply and youth employment in Igbo land,’’ Ezeonwuka said.

He advised Igbo elite to bring their industries home to enable youths to have job opportunities.

Ezeonwuka said “investing outside Igboland would definitely deny the youths the opportunity to get employment.

“I advise both MASSOB and Igbo youths to make Igboland crime-free so that our deserted brothers can have a sense of security in returning home.” (NAN)

“MASSOB sit-at-home order is unjustifiable because if Ndi-Igbo are allowed to obey the sit-at-home order, they would lose more than N1 billion for sitting at home on a whole day since they are predominantly buyers and sellers of goods.

berem: My people like money too much o! So they can't sacrifice a whole day to achieve what they are protesting about? chai! The love of money is the root of evil.

Garri the 1st:

Sounds funny, but the guy is right. The protest will achieve nothing!!

Garri the 1st:

Sounds funny, but the guy is right. The protest will achieve nothing!!

slap1: Uwazuruike will sit somewhere, watching his plasma TV, drinking and eating, while the useless ones go into the streets to sacrifice themselves for a dead, unrealistic cause. For some families, sit-at-home means 'do not eat'. Is that what Biafra is all about? Starvation? I'm Igbo, but I'm anti-Biafra. It's a lost cause!

slap1: Uwazuruike will sit somewhere, watching his plasma TV, drinking and eating, while the useless ones go into the streets to sacrifice themselves for a dead, unrealistic cause. For some families, sit-at-home means 'do not eat'. Is that what Biafra is all about? Starvation? I'm Igbo, but I'm anti-Biafra. It's a lost cause!

Garri the 1st:

Ohaneze chieftain advises against sit-at-home call on traders On June 7, 2013 · In News 9:07 pm Onitsha (Anambra) – Ohaneze Ndi- Igbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation has said that South-East traders and businessmen will suffer huge financial losses if they heed the call by MASSOB to sit at home on Saturday. The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had declared Saturday as a peaceful sit-at-home protest day. It said the action meant to draw attention to the alleged marginalisation of Ndi-Igbo in Nigeria. Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, a Chieftain of Ohaneze in Anambra, in Onitsha on Friday said that there were better options for Ndi-Igbo to protest their marginalisation than embarking on sit-at-home protests. “MASSOB sit-at-home order is unjustifiable because if Ndi-Igbo are allowed to obey the sit-at-home order, they would lose more than N1 billion for sitting at home on a whole day since they are predominantly buyers and sellers of goods. “We have to apply wisdom in our protests and wait patiently until we see the [B]2nd Niger Bridge, federal roads, Federal Government industries, adequate security system, uninterrupted power supply and youth employment in Igbo land[/b],’’ Ezeonwuka said. [B]He advised Igbo elite to bring their industries home to enable youths to have job opportunities. Ezeonwuka said “investing outside Igboland would definitely deny the youths the opportunity to get employment.[/b]
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“I advise both MASSOB and Igbo youths to make Igboland crime-free so that our deserted brothers can have a sense of security in returning home.” (NAN)
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Garri the 1st:

Sounds funny, but the guy is right. The protest will achieve nothing!!

ebucha: They are never united.

guonno:


I am not on the side of those elites but the truth need be told. The eastern part of nigeria has been systematically and economycally suppressed, tell how a business man would make it if he invests in a state that has no good federal roads that would lead costumers from other region hospitals are not given good attention, the schools do not attract people from anywhere in the world, especially federal schools. No good project has been done for the past 33 years that would boost the eastern economy to an extent that a business manwould see hopes in investing there. Ask obj and co they all know what they ve been doing to put down the east.