I’M PRACTICING WHAT OJUKWU TAUGHT NDIGBO – NGIGE BLASTS MASSOB

The Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, has condemned the statement issued by the movement for the Actualization the sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, in reaction to a recent press interview advising Ndigbo against placing all her political eggs in one basket.

"I know only what the late leader of Ndigbo, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu taught us," he said, warning of the new "new MASSOB leadership" to show great respect for the elders who have contributed greatly and continue to contribute to the well-being of the south-eastern region.

A statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, , described Ngige as a consummate Igbo leader who would never disparage the Igbo or work against their interest.

His special aide to the media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe, said on Sunday that Ngige as a prominent leader in the Igbo, who would not cause the Igbo to narrow or work against their interests.

It reads as follows:

"With his sterling pedigree as former Aka-Ikenga General Chairman for eight years, member of the Ohaneze Strategic Committee and member, Imeobi Ohaneze, Ngige only advised our people to stand up Above self-modesty, to wake up the resilient spirit for Which Igbos are known and quickly reorganized as other geopolitical areas of the country are doing. "

"I wish to see that my position is exactly the same position as our late leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu took in 1982 when he left the NPP dominated by Igbo to join the NPN.

"Ikemba reasoned that if Igbos supported the Zik nuclear power plant, there was also the wisdom of spreading our political net in the waters of the ruling party, and Ikemba did so to ensure that Ndigbo was not A regional party or an enclave that can disconnect or limit its participation in the political conclave of the nation.

"If Ojukwu thought that doing otherwise was myopic in 1982, why a section of the Igbo crucifying Ngige to preach and practice the wise counsel of our eternal leader, Ikemba," the statement said.

"It is therefore clear that MASSOB's" new "leadership requires a clearer and undistorted interpretation of the truth in my post, which is politically unwise for future elections, the ballot model of the 2015 presidential elections where all our eggs Were thrown into a single basket, the basket failed and the eggs broke.

"I want to add further that the Igbos have enough opportunity to compensate for any perceived loss currently encountered, but our leaders must avoid political narrowness and politics politically in an astute way.

"What counts most is not how the" big "positions we occupy are more what we can achieve for the Igbo with what we occupy.

"Today we work on the main federal roads in the southeast, enjoying a peaceful and relaxing environment, the hotel is located in the heart of the Nigerian city of Nigeria, and there is also the railway line of Benin- Onitsha, with a separate bridge across Niger, which was originally in the Jonathan-PDP coastal rail master plan ".

The statement added that this could not be achieved with all the "big" positions (SGF, Vice-President and President of the Senate, Finance, Health, Aviation, National President of the ruling party, Army and police, etc.) Ndigbo occupied under the Jonathan administration for six years but that the APC government did so in a single budget cycle; That is, between 2016 and May 2017, "knowing full well that the budget for 2015 was that of Jonathan".

The statement recalled the "new" MASSOB leadership that Ngige as governor of Anambra State was the only governor of the area who gave MASSOB full protection against the harassment of security agencies because of their Non-violent approach to the struggle. "I have not only protected MASOB from undue harassment by security agencies, I have sent them food from the state treasury and I have employed its members in the formidable service Anambra Vigilante.

This was to give stability to the security architecture of the state. The founder of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike is alive and can testify on this.