DIALOGUE REMAINS THE MOST POTENT INSTRUMENT TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES NO MATTER HOW BAD THE SITUATION MAY BE"* ~His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma.

*IMO STATE PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT*
*"DIALOGUE REMAINS THE MOST POTENT INSTRUMENT TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES NO MATTER HOW BAD THE SITUATION MAY BE"* ~His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodimma. 

"Igbos have an unassailable case over their post - civil war treatment and plight in the Nigerian federal project" ~Hope Uzodimma. 

*"The only way to make a child happy is to treat him or her the same way you treated the other child...Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too”*~Uzodimma 

"Igbo's have investments in the 36 states and Abuja. These investments can be found in real estate, manufacturing and in the financial sector and in commerce. 

"These are mostly solid investments which can only be made by those who have unflinching faith in their country.

“In the over a decade that I have been in public office, first as a senator of the federal republic and now as a Governor, I have devoted a lot of time to ponder on the Igbo agenda in the Nigerian federation and what we as leaders should do to realize it. As most of you may already know, I have written a book on the subject matter. In the book,“Reflections on the Igbo Question" my position had been that we Igbos need a united Nigeria to vent our God -given talents. This is because Nigeria provides us with the space and opportunities we need to actualize our political and socioeconomic destiny.

"All that the Igbos demand from Nigeria is a level playing field for all to operate and compete,where necessary. Like the Igbo adage will say, all the Igbos are asking is Egbe bere Ugo bere (This translates to “Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too”). Simply put, Ndigbo want justice and equity for all Nigerians.No more, no less.

"The West, the North, the East and the South are all important in our quest for national unity. This a clarion call on the political class to do the needful. As the saying goes, E mee nwata otu emere ibe ya, obi a di ya nma” This simply means, the only way to make a child happy is to treat him or her the same way you treated the other child."

"In the aftermath of the unfortunate events of the civil war and considering the immediate post - war discriminatory policies against Ndigbo, many of our people felt sidelined and marginalized. Over the years, many pan - Igbo groups and intellectuals have tried to get this message across to the rest of Nigeria. While some have done so with a great sense of patriotism, a few may have gone off the cuff to do so in a temperamental and unconventional manner. My worry is that while the Igbos have an unassailable case over their post - civil war treatment and plight in the Nigerian federal project, the logic of that case may be compromised by the temperamental actions of non-state actors, to the peril of everyone.
"This is why I am deeply appalled by the raging spate of violence currently ravaging the Southeast. At the risk of repeating oneself many times over, dialogue, and not violence is the vehicle that will lead us to our desired destination.

There is no evidence in history to show that any race had ever become great through violence and self destruction. When a man begins to urinate into a well which he drinks from, it only proves that he is on a suicidal mission. I think that as a people who have endured and survived a turbulent and brutal past, we should be wiser than that.

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