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NIGERIAN author, Chimamanda Adichie has faulted the structural arrangement of the country, saying that other sections of the country have treated the Igbo race irrationally 50 years after the civil war ended. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie She spoke, on Sunday, shortly after planting a tree at the Nelson Mandela Gardens, Asaba, Delta, where Nigeria’s environmentalist and Conqueror of the Sahara Desert, Dr Newton Jibunoh received her.

Her words: “I think we should have a sort of Truth and Reconciliation Committee in this country, not just to address Biafra, which should be a central part of it, because it is impossible to understand Nigeria without understanding her history from around 1965 to 1970.”

“For Nigeria to thrive as a nation, we have to acknowledge the truth. In Asaba for instance, brutal massacres happened during the war and not yet acknowledged and so a lot still needs to be done, let us just air our history, sometimes all people need to hear is sorry.

“There are houses in Port Harcourt today that were named abandoned properties and were illegally taken from their owners. There were people who lost everything they owned and just given a tiny amount to start all over. That is injustice that has not been addressed,” she said. The author asserted, “Acknowledging our history does not mean we will have to divide Nigeria AND dissent does not mean treason.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/nigeria-unfair-to-igbo-50-yrs-after-civil-war-chimamanda-adichie/

With all sincerity and total sadness,I’m Yoruba ,it’s true that Nigeria has not just been fair to Igbos, I don’t blame them for wanting their Biafra ,I just don’t like the way Nnamdi Kanu went about it,he had a chance of buying the gubernatorial ticket to contest against the governor if he had done that I swear with the followers he has gathered so far he would win without any fuse but he allowed the power menace and influence he has gathered to become selfish to his own thoughts and conscience,Igbos deserve chances too..

I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

The literary goddess is right. The Igbos have been treated unjustly in this country. We have been subjected to untold pains and negligence. We deserve an unalloyed apology from this country.

Yoruba is very happy about it, tankio.

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

Bros you sound so harsh. what could be the matter? Why refer to her as a harlot? How is Achebe a bastard?

You know quite well that the above claims you made are false yet you still posted it. Desist from demonising people, it is improper. Love should be the watchword.

Nigeria has been unfair to Efiks and Ibibios. They were also part of Biafra. Igbos don't have a monopoly on Biafra.

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

is she part of those girls dancing unclad in that van at lekki toll gate? I don’t seem to understand you ..

has igbo being fair to themselves....who be your papa?

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

You can disagree with people without being all rude. You know she's not a harlot yet you called her one hoping to get people to start calling her a harlot and you're ok with that?

Nawa o

OP, your title doesn't quite agree with the write-up. How far nah?

She is an ipod yoot...... According to zone'bs

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

100% stew pid post by a zone b

kayfra:
Nigeria has been unfair to Efiks and Ibibios. They were also part of Biafra. Igbos don't have a monopoly on Biafra.

we south south yaff landed
cc lzaa

Ajagunsegun1:
has igbo being fair to themselves....who be your papa?

That's the problem..

Igbos have been in the corridors of power for a while now but have done absolutely nothing for their region.

Their leaders prefer to share kerosene, build statures and other cosmetic projects yet they turn around to blame Nigerians. Is there any region in Nigeria that is problem free? No.

Nigeria is also unfair to the ODUDUWA'S

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

If ever anybody from your state, clan or family or your unborn generation has gotten and will get half the level of this woman, call the name.

Your frustration is inbuilt, factory setting.

flokii:
That's the problem..

Igbos have been in the corridors of power for a while now but have done absolutely nothing for their region.

Their leaders prefer to share kerosene, build statures and other cosmetic projects yet they turn around to blame Nigerians. Is there any region in Nigeria that is problem free? No.

Which corridor of power? As what... Which capacity?

Igbos are one of the major ethic groups in Nigeria, so... What's the deal.

johnmartus:
I will not surprise if this harlot woman follow the step of that bastard chinua achebe .

...are these people below male har-lots like your fath-er?

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."Thus, the so-called Biafra agitation is rooted in the 1966 coup and I
want to say that if people are still asking for Biafra almost 50 years
after the civil war, then it is necessary for us to sit down and ask
ourselves how we want the nation to be. That’s exactly what the Igbos are asking for – let’s sit down and discuss but it seems that is not falling on good ears?" Ango Abdullahi.

“Sincerely speaking, the South-East has not had a fair-share since the civil war. Their marginalization is quite obvious. But if the policy of reconstruction, reintegration and reconciliation of Gen.Gowon and the late Gen. Murtala’s administrations had continued, the agitation by the few Igbo for Biafra state would have been a thing of the past. Balarebe Musa

aremuforlife:
Nigeria is also unfair to the ODUDUWA'S

Omo oduduwa, you have sea ports, airport, rail system, president for 8 years and VP for another 8 years and Nigeria is unfair to you

[/quote][quote author=Stingman post=80937161]Omo oduduwa, you have sea ports, airport, rail system, president for 8 years and VP for another 8 years and Nigeria is unfair to you

My guy Nigeria is never unfair to anybody we all struggle to achieve what you are seing in the west