APC member Joe Igbokwe says Ndigbo should shift away from calls for a sovereign Biafra and instead focus on building connections across Nigeria. According to reports from Daily Post Nigeria and Nigerian Eye, Igbokwe frames the message as advice on leadership and coexistence in the country. He calls on South-East indigenes to drop what he describes as “senseless” or “useless” agitation for Biafra, and he urges Igbo people to “build bridges” of friendship, trust and cooperation with communities in other parts of Nigeria. In the accounts, Igbokwe also argues for rejecting attitudes he describes as superiority or ethnic preoccupation, and he encourages what he terms cultural competence and emotional intelligence. Both sources report that he adds a call for people to stop violence attributed to the Biafra movement, including killing of Igbo people and burning homes. The reports cite that he posts these views on his official Facebook page, presenting them as part of “11 things” he believes Igbo people should know about leadership.
Joe Igbokwe urges Ndigbo to stop agitation for Biafra and build bridges
APC member Joe Igbokwe says Ndigbo should shift away from calls for a sovereign Biafra and instead focus on building connections across Nigeria. According to reports from Daily Post Nigeria and Nigeri...
- Joe Igbokwe, an APC member, advises Ndigbo to stop agitation for a sovereign Biafra.
- He urges Igbo people to build bridges of friendship, trust and cooperation across Nigeria.
- Igbokwe says the agitation is “senseless” or “useless” and discourages what he describes as ethnic preoccupation.
- He calls for cultural competence, emotional intelligence, and rejection of a sense of superiority.
- Both reports say he makes the remarks in a Facebook post and includes concerns about violence and burning of homes linked to the Biafra agitation.
A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has identified 11 things he feels his Igbo kinsmen should know about leadership in Nigeria. Igbokwe urged South-East indigenes to stop the quest for the realization of Biafra as a sovereign state. He also called on Ndigbo to start building bridges across the country. In a post on his official Facebook page, Igbokwe said, “Let us go and make friends across Nigeria “Let us go and build bridges of friendship, trust and cooperation. “Let us stop this paranoid grandiosity. “Let us do away with this selfish sense of superiority. “Let us do away with this “I Better Than Others” syndrome. “Let us learn what the erudite scholars call cultural competence. “Let us learn that politics is a game of numbers. “Let us stop this senseless agitation for a useless Biafra project. “Let Igbo stop killing their own people and burning homes in the name of the useless Biafra project. “Let us have emotional intelligence and reject ethnic preoccupation. “Let us not be too loud, let us stop the noise and do the needful.”
4 hours agoA member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has identified 11 things he feels his Igbo kinsmen should know about leadership in Nigeria. Igbokwe urged South-East indigenes to stop the quest for the realization of Biafra as a sovereign state. He also called on Ndigbo to start building bridges across the country. In […] ‘Let’s stop agitation for Biafra, build bridges’ – Joe Igbokwe advises Igbos
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