Tinubu means well for Ndigbo, we’ll appeal for Kanu’s release, says Eze
South East residents express optimism as SEDC takes off
Billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, has said that President Bola Tinubu means well for Ndigbo, stressing that his recent visit to Enugu State, the establishment of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), the promise to complete the eastern rail line, as well as support to the Anambra-Imo River Basin Authority, among others, are indications of his love for the region.
He stated that despite the inability of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to win the South-East region during the 2023 general elections, the President was ready and determined to address grievances that could integrate Ndigbo back into the mainstream politics of the country.
Eze, who spoke to reporters at the weekend at his residence in Enugu, urged the people of the region to support the policies and aspirations of the President for the good of Nigeria.
“We need to thank the President for his concerns towards addressing the infrastructure gaps in the South-East region. We have to thank Tinubu for establishing the South East Development Commission (SEDC). Remember we have clamoured for this Commission since the end of the Nigeria/Biafra war without success. It is only Tinubu that has demonstrated his love for us by establishing this Commission. That Commission will solve our problem.
“The Managing Director of the Commission is Mike Okoye from Ukpo, Dunukofia Anambra State. There were appointments from Imo, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi states, changing Igbo lives. Very soon, many youths will start getting jobs and it will go a long way to address the security challenges we have in the region,” he said.
Prince Eze, who spoke about the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, absolved Tinubu from his ordeal.
“Kanu was detained by Muhammadu Buhari, not Tinubu. Buhari is a hardliner. But we shall appeal to Tinubu to forgive him. He has the spirit of forgiveness. He has no enemy,” he said.
MEANWHILE, as preparations are ongoing to commence operations at the South East Development Commission (SEDC) at its headquarters in Enugu, indigenes and residents of the South East states have expressed confidence in the capabilities of the appointees, saying that the President made experience choices.
SEDC is an interventionist agency that Tinubu assented to the Act establishing it few months ago. It is to ensure that the infrastructural and human needs of the people of the South-East geo-political zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states) are identified and addressed to end the cries of marginalisation by the people of the area.
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