The President-General of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gary
Enwo-Igariwey, yesterday in
Lagos, said an Igbo man cannot
be President of Nigeria because
of lack of unity in leadership
roles.
According to him, Igbo are
hardworking, resilient and law
abiding, but fall short of
leadership role because of lack of
recognition of leadership ethics
and discipline.
Enwo-Igariwey, who was the
guest speaker at the public
presentation of the Igbo
centenary book, 100 Years of
Amalgamation: Igbo, What Hope
in Nigeria, by a Lagos-based
journalist, Peter Anosike, said
every Igbo wants to be leader at
the same time.
According to him “if we can solve
this problem by trying to learn
from our mistakes and believe
that there can only be one leader
at a time, then we can succeed as
a people.”
He said Igbo had huge
investments all over the country
and that with all the respect and
recognition they had earned,
they still lacked unity over
leadership tussles, as could be
seen even in town union
meetings.
He said: “It does not have to be
the strongest or the richest.
Anyone can be supported to
succeed. If we unite, people will
be afraid of us.”
Chairman of the occasion, Chief
Nwabueze Obi, Executi-ve
Director, Cabotage, Nigeria
Maritime Administration and
Safety Agency, NIMASA, said: “We
are nomadic. Over 90 percent of
our investments are outside
Igboland.
“If you go anywhere and do not
see an Igbo man, then it is not
habitable. If we can channel
these gifts to have a united front,
we can succeed.”
He appealed to all Igbo to be
submissive to authority.