Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari government has “strong plans” for the creation of an additional state in the South-East.
Obiano stated this when the Ohaneze
Ndigbo, Lagos branch, paid him a visit at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia,
Anambra State, on Wednesday.
The governor said, “I’m in good
terms with the President. He has good plans for the South-East, contrary
to the perception of some people. He has emotional feeling that the
South-East ought to have an additional state.
“I’m also hopeful
that the Federal Government would set aside November 16 as a national
day in memory of the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of
this great country.”
Obiano condemned the decision of the Ohaneze
to fix a meeting on a day President Buhari was in the state to
commission a mausoleum in honour of the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who, the
governor said, “remains a world hero of the Igbo.”
He counseled
the Igbo socio-cultural body to maintain the objective for its creation
as a nonpartisan organisation with the principal aim of pushing Igbo
agenda.
Speaking, the Ohanaeze delegation led by its branch
president, Nnamdi Nwigwe, said they were in the state to show solidarity
to the Obiano-led government.
The group extolled what it called “Obiano’s negotiating power and think-home philosophy,” among other initiatives.
Nwigwe
said, “We are particularly happy with your position on appreciating
President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration’s good gestures to the
people of the South-East region and Anambra State in particular.
“The completion of Zik Mausoleum, which is a national monument, the ongoing Second Niger Bridge, road projects and other infrastructures lay credence to the fact that the Buhari administration has not forgotten the region,” the Igbo group stated.
Source:- Punchng
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