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THE ORJI UZOR KALU SERMON IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IS AN INSULT TO THE IGBO NATION. HE MUST BE CALLED TO ORDER TO STOP DISGRACING NDI IGBO.
The recent sermon of the former Governor of Abia
state Chief Orjl Uzor Kalu in the British House of
Commons may in the surface appear ennobling to
undiscerning and naive minds. It may have given him a
tinge of an Igbo fighter and defender.
But the truth however is that the unsolicited sermon
was a minus to Ndigbo. ln the first place, nobody told
Orji Kalu to go to the British House of Commons to go
and reduce Ndigbo to a beggarly and complaining
race. Ndigbo have not told anybody that they are not
capable of fighting their own course. His self-imposed
mission is therefore a very big insult to the Igbo nation.
Ndigbo have not asked and do not solicit pity from
anybody much less Britain.
If Orji Kalu has a deep sense of history, he would have
Known that if there is any quarter to complain about
Igbo position in Nigeria, it is not Britain for obvious
reasons. How can Orji Kalu expect Britain to
empathize with him over his embarrassing
vituperations? Did they do so in the past? Established
self interest is the mantra of colonial hegemonists and
Britain with all due respect was never comfortable with
groups that challenged its colonial policies of which the
Igbos and their nationalists were in the forefront.
Britain did not hate the Igbos or any other of its colonial
subjects, but it saw them (the Igbos) as a big challenge
to their colonial hegemony in Nigeria, thus their
uncharitable position against them during the Biafran
war.
Be that as it may and even as it is not yet Uhuru for
Ndigbo in Nigeria we should not oversimplify or
trivialize this marginalization mantra, Yes, we have the
least number of states and local Governments, the
least federal presence etc but that should not be used
as an alibi by self-appointed Igbo champions to create
siege mentality and self-pitying syndrome for great
and proud race as the Igbos race. We do not deserve
or need any pity from any quarters but insist without servility
justice and equity for all Nigerians. Such level playing
ground will check the activities of ethnic jingoist that
are even worse marginalisers of their own people.
People that had the opportunity to make a positive
difference in the lives of their own people but could not
do anything out of their own excessive greed, have no
moral justification to attack external marginalizers…
People that never respected the lives and dignity of
their own kins should not question external
adversaries. How did Orji Kalu re-position his own
Abia people for the eight good years he ruled them?
How did he affect their lives positively? While his private
business empire grew geometrically, the fortunes and
conditions of his own people diminished horribly. How
can Britain give him what he did not give his own
people for eight years? When the national confab of
2005 resolved to give Ndigbo an extra state to at least
give them a sense of fairness in Nigeria's geo-political
structure, was it not Orji Kalu and his ilks that joined
hands with adversaries of Ndigbo under the guise of
fighting third term to rob Ndigbo of that state? Are those
people he joined hands with at that time to rob Ndigbo of
that state ready to make Ndigbo get that state today.
Are they not demanding even more states from their
areas thereby making mockery of Igbo genuine
demand?
Yes, he may have contested for the Nigerian
Presidency sometime ago, but was he not among
those that betrayed Dr Alex Ekwueme in 1999 and
2003? What are we talking about? While Ndigbo will
continue to agitate for their fair share in Nigeria we
cannot tolerate anybody trivialising issues concerning
us. We are a proud and great race. Our forebears
fought for and got independence for Nigeria. We have
paid our dues for this country. Nigeria belongs to us
and others and we cannot leave it for anybody.
Britain, with all due respect to them, should work
towards ensuring justice and peace in Nigeria. They
should invest In Igboland and that is what we expect
Orji Kalu to tell them and not to make mockery of us in
London.
If Orji Kalu thinks he has scored a cheap goal with his
unsolicited crusade in the House of Commons, then he
is out of tune with the past, present and future. He has
not scored any goal, Nigeria must however give
Ndigbo their due and fair share of our national
patrimony.
THE ORJI UZOR KALU SERMON IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IS AN INSULT TO THE IGBO NATION. HE MUST BE CALLED TO ORDER TO STOP DISGRACING NDI IGBO.
The recent sermon of the former Governor of Abia
state Chief Orjl Uzor Kalu in the British House of
Commons may in the surface appear ennobling to
undiscerning and naive minds. It may have given him a
tinge of an Igbo fighter and defender.
But the truth however is that the unsolicited sermon
was a minus to Ndigbo. ln the first place, nobody told
Orji Kalu to go to the British House of Commons to go
and reduce Ndigbo to a beggarly and complaining
race. Ndigbo have not told anybody that they are not
capable of fighting their own course. His self-imposed
mission is therefore a very big insult to the Igbo nation.
Ndigbo have not asked and do not solicit pity from
anybody much less Britain.
If Orji Kalu has a deep sense of history, he would have
Known that if there is any quarter to complain about
Igbo position in Nigeria, it is not Britain for obvious
reasons. How can Orji Kalu expect Britain to
empathize with him over his embarrassing
vituperations? Did they do so in the past? Established
self interest is the mantra of colonial hegemonists and
Britain with all due respect was never comfortable with
groups that challenged its colonial policies of which the
Igbos and their nationalists were in the forefront.
Britain did not hate the Igbos or any other of its colonial
subjects, but it saw them (the Igbos) as a big challenge
to their colonial hegemony in Nigeria, thus their
uncharitable position against them during the Biafran
war.
Be that as it may and even as it is not yet Uhuru for
Ndigbo in Nigeria we should not oversimplify or
trivialize this marginalization mantra, Yes, we have the
least number of states and local Governments, the
least federal presence etc but that should not be used
as an alibi by self-appointed Igbo champions to create
siege mentality and self-pitying syndrome for great
and proud race as the Igbos race. We do not deserve
or need any pity from any quarters but insist without servility
justice and equity for all Nigerians. Such level playing
ground will check the activities of ethnic jingoist that
are even worse marginalisers of their own people.
People that had the opportunity to make a positive
difference in the lives of their own people but could not
do anything out of their own excessive greed, have no
moral justification to attack external marginalizers…
People that never respected the lives and dignity of
their own kins should not question external
adversaries. How did Orji Kalu re-position his own
Abia people for the eight good years he ruled them?
How did he affect their lives positively? While his private
business empire grew geometrically, the fortunes and
conditions of his own people diminished horribly. How
can Britain give him what he did not give his own
people for eight years? When the national confab of
2005 resolved to give Ndigbo an extra state to at least
give them a sense of fairness in Nigeria's geo-political
structure, was it not Orji Kalu and his ilks that joined
hands with adversaries of Ndigbo under the guise of
fighting third term to rob Ndigbo of that state? Are those
people he joined hands with at that time to rob Ndigbo of
that state ready to make Ndigbo get that state today.
Are they not demanding even more states from their
areas thereby making mockery of Igbo genuine
demand?
Yes, he may have contested for the Nigerian
Presidency sometime ago, but was he not among
those that betrayed Dr Alex Ekwueme in 1999 and
2003? What are we talking about? While Ndigbo will
continue to agitate for their fair share in Nigeria we
cannot tolerate anybody trivialising issues concerning
us. We are a proud and great race. Our forebears
fought for and got independence for Nigeria. We have
paid our dues for this country. Nigeria belongs to us
and others and we cannot leave it for anybody.
Britain, with all due respect to them, should work
towards ensuring justice and peace in Nigeria. They
should invest In Igboland and that is what we expect
Orji Kalu to tell them and not to make mockery of us in
London.
If Orji Kalu thinks he has scored a cheap goal with his
unsolicited crusade in the House of Commons, then he
is out of tune with the past, present and future. He has
not scored any goal, Nigeria must however give
Ndigbo their due and fair share of our national
patrimony.
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