Biafra: Nnamdi Azikiwe's Wife Speaks On Nigeria's Break-up
Wife of foremost nationalist, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Prof. Uche Azikiwe, on Monday called for the unity of the country in honour of the memorie...
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Wife of foremost nationalist, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Prof. Uche Azikiwe,
on Monday called for the unity of the country in honour of the memories
of the nation’s founding fathers.
She noted that the late Azikiwe and his contemporaries like late
Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello and others, would “turn in
their graves” if the country disintegrated.
Speaking at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo local
government area of Ebonyi State during the institution’s 2nd Convocation
Lecture with the theme, ‘National Reconciliation and the Role of
Universities,’ Mrs Azikwe said the founding fathers sacrificed a lot for
the unity of the country, as such Nigeria must not disintegrate.
Mrs Azikiwe also called for reconciliation among various warring groups in the country to ensure the desired peace.
According her, “The country should not be allowed to
disintegrate during our time because if it does, my husband and his
contemporaries would turn in their graves.
“These founding fathers sacrificed a lot for us to be one
irrespective of their differences, and this should make us to
collectively find solutions to the problems threatening to disintegrate
us.
“We should call upon God in solving the problems and seriously
address issues of injustice, inequality, among others which threaten our
corporate existence as an entity.
“The nation’s political class should also be called to order
because we gave them the mandates to lead us but unfortunately, they are
not doing so rightly,” she said.
