Breaking: MASSOB Reached agreement with South East Governors issues a communique

COMMUNIQUE ARISING FROM A MEETING OF MASSOB ORGANIZATION WITH THE SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS,
NATONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, HON. MINISTERS, SOUTH
EAST CLERGY, LEADERSHIP OF TRADITIONAL RULERS, IGBO LEADERS AND WOMEN LEADERS HELD ON FRIDAY, THE 30TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020, AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, LION BUILDING, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ENUGU

DEMANDS:

1. We demand that South East be given the opportunity to be the President of Nigeria in 2023;

2. Disarming of killer herdsmen with AK47 in the South East, who have occupied our forests and farmlands, destroying
Our farmlands, kidnapping, killing and raping our women, while we pledge to continue to live and work peacefully with our brothers and sisters of our herdsmen who have been living peacefully with us;

3. Creation of one State in the South East to be like other Regions in Nigeria;

4. South East Governors to determine locations where road blocks are necessary in the South East, especially in
emergency situations, with a view to addressing the
complaints of our people on many road blocks and
extortion in South East;

5. There is serious discrimination and marginalization of South East Federal Civil Servants. We want the Federal
Government to look into this;

6. Each State must set up Youth rehabilitation and empowerment fund to address youth unemployment in
South East;

7. South East should set up Monitoring Committee in each State, made up of youths, Igbo leaders, Clergy, Traditional Rulers, Governors representatives and women to monitor compensation and empowerment funds in the South East to be set up by Governors and Federal Government of
Nigeria;

8. The lgbo Youths and MASSOB, note with sadness that lgbo land is being discriminated against in the allocation of Federal intrastructural projects. We note specifically that all
the major Federal Roads in lgbo land are in terrible state of disrepair. We, therefore, demand that the Federal
Government should immediately approve a substantial intervention fund to complete all these major road projects in the South East;

9. We also demand that substantial allocations be made for major intrastructural projects in the 2021 Budget currently
before the National Assembly;

10. President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo to lead South East youths representatives and select lgbo Leaders to the presidency to make our demands to Mr President.

Comrade Ugwoke Ibem Ugwoke
National Secretary of MASSOB

Comrade Uchenna Madu
Leader of MASSOB

Posted in Politics | Date:October 30th , 2020 | Comments: 0| Views: 523

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