The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday accused the President Muhammadu Buhari led government of provoking Ndigbo.

Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West Constituency, said that until the leadership of Nigeria learn to respect Nigbo and ensure that equity and justice prevailed, the country can never be the same.

The Deputy Senate President, who spoke in Enugu while addressing people of Eziagu council area of Enugu State during a solidarity visit, said that despite the contributions of Ndigbo in the development of Nigeria, “we are being provoked everyday by the government of this country”.

According to him, “let me remind you that we are going through the difficult period in Igbo land. As Ndigbo, we are going through trying period, we are being provoked everyday by the government of this country in the way they treat our people, especially the marginalization going on at the federal level by the federal government.

“We are also aware of the contributions of our people towards the development of this country. The Nigeria Movie Industry, which one of the major exports we have, Igbo’s pioneered that industry; in sports, Igbo’s are all over the world doing the country proud. When you see Nigeria national team playing, 80 percent most times are Igbos and we are happy to do that”.

Sen. Ekweremadu who said that Ndigbo were more Nigerian than any tribe, disclosed that in all remote villages in Kano, Kaduna, Maiduguri and everywhere, “you will see Igbos who are patent medical dealers, you will see Igbos selling plastic, you will see Igbos providing jobs not only to their people but to the rest of Nigeria.”

He said Ndigbo had done so much to the country and deserved some respect, stressing that until “we get our respect, Nigeria will never be the same.

“So, any person who thinks that Igbos will be relegated and there will be peace in this country is joking. We believe in equity, we believe in justice.

“This country is big enough for everybody. Nigeria needs energy and ingenuity of Igbos, they need our creativity, they need the enterprise of Igboman and we can combine the attributes with the other tribes and Nigeria will be great.”

The deputy President of the Senate who spoke with passion said Igbos will never accept the situation and that indeed no tribes would be excluded from the governance of this country because this country belonged to all of us.

He said it may be dark today but there will light at the end of the tunnel.

“We have already left Egypt and we will never go back to Egypt. Definitely, we will get to the promise land unlike the people of Israel; all of us will be alive when we get to the promise land.

“So, I am not shaking and don’t be afraid my people, we believe in this country, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in justice and we also believe in equity and that, we ensure that this country will get”.

He thanked the chairman of Eziagu LGA, Mr. Chukwudi F. Ezinwa for uniting all the people of Eziagu council area, stressing that in a short period, he had performed beyond his expectation.

He promises to work with him to change the story of the council area in everything that humans being could do.

He said that throughout the trying period of his election, Eziagu people stood by him to the extent that some traditional rulers were dethroned.

Earlier in his remark, the Eziagu Council Chairman, Mr. Ezinwa appealed to the deputy President of the Senate to ensure the completion of federal roads government embarked upon in the council, especially those roads that erosion had cut-off.

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“We have already left Egypt and we will never go back to Egypt. Definitely, we will get to the promise land unlike the people of Israel; all of us will be alive when we get to the promise land.

okeyglm:
the man blaming buhari, where were you and other igbo senators when lagos - calabar rail and 2nd niger bridge was removed from the budget .

afoobabs:
Chief wailer, i think that wailing is in their blood. Even if you make them the president they will still wail.
Oga where were you when lagos-calabar rail was removed from the budget. as the vice president of the senate, u ar at a vantage point to know what transpired in the budget.

Khd95:
Ijot,when some factions of jobless igbos calls nigeria zoo,u seem to ve lost ur voice


u never see anything

afoobabs:
Chief wailer, i think that wailing is in their blood. Even if you make them the president they will still wail.
Oga where were you when lagos-calabar rail was removed from the budget. as the vice president of the senate, u ar at a vantage point to know what transpired in the budget.

asorocker:

The Lagos Calabar rail serves Nigeria no useful purpose .importing goods into Lagos ports and shipping them via rail line to the Eastern coast is an economic blunder. The right thing is to use every available funds to develop deep sea ports in Calabar and link Calabar to the north and Abuja via a rail line.

afoobabs:
Chief wailer, i think that wailing is in their blood. Even if you make them the president they will still wail.
Oga where were you when lagos-calabar rail was removed from the budget. as the vice president of the senate, u ar at a vantage point to know what transpired in the budget.

aresa:
[s]Reckless and irresponsible leaders like this man are only able to keep their.people in line for their support with bigotry and tribalism since they have nothing to offer their people even after 16 years in public office and leadership position.


Exactly what did his people benefited from his party and his leadership position after 16 years in office even till this very second.

Was the federal government responsible for his inability and abdication of responsibility when other people in his presence took away $12 billion project from his people.?

Sadly, leaders and followers in that region drink from the same bigoted and polluted well.[/s].

raumdeuter:
The hopeless senator making noise again

How is FG provoking Ndibo? what has changed about the FG policy of Jonathan vs the one currently

You know what? If you are provoked do you worst if you dont you are a coward

Let him resign from Nigerian senate if he's tired

afoobabs:
i dont want to dignify u with reply but hypocrisy is when u think lag-cal rail line is nt proper but calabar-abuja is ok. U envy lagos thats why u ar claiming its no man's land. Lagos the land of wealth and opportunity the commercial hub of nigeria the pride of south west nigeria.

thewarrior72:
Dundee united, what concerns SE with ur useless lagos- calabar coastal rail way? The bigoted presidiot who cancel the second niger bridge, want to build railway in southeast.?.......delusion

4Kemzy:
He's gotten his voice now because PDP has zoned the Vice Presidential position to the Southeast. Politicians can never change.

asorocker:

Where did you see me calling Lagos no man's land. The point I am trying to make is the economic benefits that the Lagos Calabar rail line will serve. If it is to ship imported goods from Lagos to Calabar then the project is dead on arrival.

Nigeria is in big economic mess the right thing is to expand the economic base of the nation with the little resources the country can get .open up the coastal maritime economy of the Niger delta so that agricultural products from benue, taraba, adamawa, nassarawa can be evacuated easily .the loan should be used to build a deep sea port in Calabar and a rail line to the north eastern part of the country.
God bless Nigeria.
God bless Buhari God bless APC