The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief
Nnia Nwodo, on Monday disclosed that over one million Igbo people from Nigeria live
in Ghana.
Nwodo, who made the disclosure at Abagana, Njikoka
Local Government Area of Anambra State at this year's celebration to mark the
new yam festival, said he just returned from Ghana, and that his leadership of
Ohanaeze was working had to ensure that there was unity among Igbo people
living in the country.
He said part of the measure to unite the people was
the recent dissolution of the executive of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ghana to forestall
any power tussle.
He said his leadership also dissolved the executive
of the London chapters of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation.
According to him, "I just returned from Ghana
where I dissolved the two factions of Ohaneze, along with the two presidents general
and two traditional rulers, and we are making arrangement on when to conduct
proper election for them in that country.
“There are about one million Igbo people in Ghana,
and I have asked the country’s Minister of Interior not to recognise any of the
factions.
"Even in London, we have dissolved the
factions pending when they would unite to form a united Ohanaeze in that
branch. Lagos also had a similar problem, but we have been able to resolve it.
“It would appear that the intelligence of our
people is overwhelming us such that many of our people no longer reason
properly.
"Our people should know that we are facing a
very difficult challenge in Nigeria, and my appeal to all Igbo is to be very
vigilant in order to wage the battle facing us.
“Let us not allow disaster to befall our race in
our generation. I believe that we are equal to the tasks before us and I am
optimistic that we shall overcome them."
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