{"id":94892,"date":"2022-05-14T14:39:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94892"},"modified":"2022-05-14T14:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:39:58","slug":"igbo-own-half-of-nigeria-ipobs-agitation-unrealistic-bauchi-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/igbo-own-half-of-nigeria-ipobs-agitation-unrealistic-bauchi-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Igbo own half of Nigeria, IPOB\u2019s agitation unrealistic \u2013 Bauchi gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1732804769631332604\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Bauchi State Governor and a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, Bala Mohammed, on Friday described as unrealistic the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra for the breakaway of the South-East from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed, who was in Awka to woo members of the Anambra State PDP ahead of the party\u2019s primary, submitted that Igbo were everywhere across the country and owned \u201cover half of the country,\u201d therefore, IPOB\u2019s self-determination call was unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the entrepreneurial drive and enterprise in the South-East is a great potential that must be leveraged for Nigeria\u2019s industrialisation.<\/p>\n<p>The Bauchi governor said, \u201cWhen I was Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, the Igbo capital investment in Abuja was over 50 per cent. That is the true position; not only in Abuja but also in Kano, Lagos, Kaduna and other states. So, we are interrelated and connected as a people in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to stabilise that symbiosis that binds us together. When the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is talking about self-determination and self-actualisation, for where? When you own over half of the country? God may not give you everything, He has given something to you. That is the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of this, I am calling for this unity and fraternity among us. If the Igbo youth understand this, they will now know the need for peace and unity in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed said if elected as President in 2023 he would work to bring out the best in every part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI\u2019m coming to bring equity and justice to this country where everybody would be recognised, where leadership recruitment will be fair and just so that all sections of the country will have a sense of belonging. We will do it, I have benefited from this kind of justice and it is the only way out of Nigeria\u2019s problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While urging the Anambra PDP members to support him at the party\u2019s primary, Mohammed said he was aware that one of their own was also in the presidential race but they should consider his own competence.<\/p>\n<p>According him, North-East and South-East are suffering the same fate as the only zones that have not produced the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that your son is coming out for the Presidency; if he emerges I will support him but if I emerge, I will go with all of you. 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