Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon says Nigeria is better off with Igbos.
Sounds like a ‘Duh’ thing to say but here’s some context.
Gowon made the remark on Saturday while delivering a speech at the burial service for Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State, Ajie Ukpabi Asika.
Gowon commended the “commitment and sacrifice” of the deceased and her husband, Ajie Ukpabi Asika, to the survival of Nigeria as a single entity. He recalled that when he proposed the post of Sole Administrator of East Central State, Asika told him, “I prefer to do this for the good of Igbo people.”
“I was struggling to get an administrator for the newly created East Central State when the name of the late Ukpabi Asika came up. He was then a lecturer at Ibadan. When we met, I did not know which one of us was younger. But he exuded strength of character and understanding, and wanted to start work immediately. I cautioned him to think about it. I told him, `you must consult your brothers, and your wife to know if you would accept’. I came away convinced that this was the man I needed.
“I did not know how to place his wife, Chinyere, but when she arrived from Kenya, she plunged head-on into the idea. She was a courageous woman, caring and humble. I remember her efforts in “Otu Olu Obodo”- a public service initiative which she used as a tool of empowerment for her Igbo kinsmen and women,” he said.
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