Obasanjo And His Igbo Obsession,an Article Published On 2-2-2006 - Politics

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Obasanjo And His Igbo Obsession,an Article Published On 2-2-2006 by Nobody: 2:55pm On Sep 20, 2015

If this is what nigeria is all about, then one las to understand why MASSOB exits and why MEND is also going to stay with us for sometime. How can someone that calls himself the president be so dictatorial? Why is this joker after all the Igbo businesses that were started without government handouts and favorable contracts? President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered the closure of Ibeto Group's Cement Factory, Port Harcourt because he wants only Aliko Dangote to be the sole producer of cement in Nigeria. As of today, there are six ship loads of materials imported from China for the factory waiting and accumulating demurrage at the Port Harcourt seaport. The Chinese ambassador to Nigeria tried to intervene but Obasanjo told the Chinese ambassador that the easiest way to deal with the issue of demurrage was for the Chinese to dump the materials into the ocean and leave Nigeria. Today, there was a very large demonstration of the employees of the factory and other stakeholders demanding to have the factory reopened. African Independent Television (AIT) carried the demonstration in their news coverage tonight. I expect it to appear in Nigeria's papers tomorrow. This is the latest example that Obasanjo hates Ndi Igbo. There have been irrational bans on importation of items that disproportionately affected Ndi Igbo. Obasanjo builds multi billion dollar industries in Yoruba land but there is absolutely no Federal presence in Igbo land. We must speak up or we'll all perish. We must find ways to fight this madness. For those who may not know, Ibeto Group is one of the largest employers of labor in Igboland with several factories in Igboland, including the battery industry in Nnewi. Anything that affects any employer of labor in Igboland affects all of us because it is our brothers and sisters that work in these places of employment.

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