WE ARE FOR NIGERIA – SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS, LEADERS, OTHERS

South East Governors, leaders and other stakeholders opposed the agitation of Biafra and reiterated their commitment to a united Nigeria.

The leaders also supported the call for complete restructuring of the country on the platform of fairness and equity.

Chairman of the Forum of Southeast Governors, Dave Umahi, announced in the early hours of Sunday in Enugu as he addressed the reporters on the results of an interactive stakeholder forum.
The meeting which held at the Nike Lake Resort had all governors of the zone in attendance.

Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, said the region's leaders condemn all sorts of hate speech from part of the country.

He said they were in consultation with leaders from other parts of the country to engage the federal government in a constructive dialogue.

Umahi said the region fully endorsed the report of the 2014 National Conference and urged the federal government to put in place structures to implement them within a reasonable period of time.

“We are also in full support of the clamour for the restructure of the country and call on the Federal Government to start a dialogue with Nigerians on the modalities for achieving it,” he said.
The governor said that the governors’ forum and South East National Assembly caucus would constitute the official organ that would speak for the people of the area.

Umahi appealed to the Federal Government to take steps that would ensure safety of the people of the area wherever they lived in the country “just as we have guaranteed the safety of those in our domain”.

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in an address of welcome charged the people of the area to forge a common front.

The governor said that nothing would please residents of the state than to remember that Enugu was the venue where the people of the zone gathered to resolve their differences.

In attendance were former Senate Presidents, Ken Nnamani and Adolph Wabara; and the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu.

Other were Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Gil Nnaji, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, several members of the House of Representatives, members of the clergy, traditional rulers and the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo