Ohanaeze Ndigbo has finally reacted to the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Southeast.
According to the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the move is disgusting and provocative to the Igbo.
This was disclosed in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia.
As a result, the group says it has rejected the arrangement of reserving the second highest office of the House to the Southeast.
Ohanaeze said:
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has watched with grave concern the zoning of principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We have also observed that the All Peoples Congress (APC) zoned the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East of Nigeria.
“The Ohanaeze Ndigbo states that allocating the position of the Deputy Speaker to the South East is highly unreflective, disgusting and provocative to the Igbo.”
Going further, the Ohanaeze directed all the Nigerian federal lawmakers of Igbo extraction to vote for their preferred candidates into the principal offices of the National Assembly as they deemed fit.
“To this end, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Chief Engr. Dr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, CFR (Ahaejiagamba), directs all the Igbo lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly to vote according to their discretions irrespective of state, religion or ethnicity,” the statement added.
