President Muhammadu Buhari. Photos: State House
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has known as on President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Igbos simply as he honoured the acclaimed winner of June 12 election, late M.Okay.O Abiola.
Buhari had conferred on the late Abiola a posthumous award and changed the May 29 with June 12 as Democracy Day.
In an assertion, the group urged Buhari to additionally discover methods of alleviating the emotions of individuals of the South-East.
The group stated within the assertion that it has appraised the latest improvement “particularly as its regards to the conferment of GCFC on the Late MKO Abiola and declaration of June 12 as Public vacation. It is a welcome improvement to appease the Yoruba of South west.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide is telling President Muhammadu Buhari to increase such gesture to Ndigbo, by sponsoring an Executive Bill to the National Assembly, for a further state to the People of Southeast as an option to appropriate the structural imbalance of Southeast having solely 5 states.
“Such Executive bill will help to solve some structural issues with regards to making Ndigbo to be at per with other geo-political zones. President Muhammadu Buhari will win the hearts of Igbos if there’s an additional state in the Southeast.”