As feedback for his official visit to Imo State on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari has gone public to thank Governor Hope Uzodimma and the people of the State for the warm reception accorded him.
Expressing gratitude to Imolites, Buhari took to his official Facebook page monitored by 9NEWS NIGERIA to commend the Governor for his deep concern on infrastructure development.
Showing concern over the unabated agitation for secession promoted by the Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB, President Buhari who in the language he feels South-Eastern Nigerians will understand said:
“It is therefore unthinkable for me that any Igbo man would consider himself not to be a part of Nigeria”.
Acknowledging the critical place that the Igbo people are occupying in Nigeria economy, Buhari again said:
“There is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in-charge of economic activities. The evidence is there for everyone to see, that Igbos are in charge of Nigeria’s economy”.
Critical above all, the President promised to lean on the country Constitution to support the region.
As an appeal to plead with the region to calm their nerves on their alleged thoughts of being shortchanged in the country the President said:
“The Federal Government will complete all ongoing key projects in the South East, including the 2nd Niger Bridge, and other major highways, as well as the railway lines and routes linking the region with other parts of the country”.
Read below the whole feedback and “thank you message” to Imo State Government, the people of the State and the region in general as published in his official Facebook page:
“I thank the Government and people of Imo State for the very warm reception accorded me during my visit yesterday. It was a pleasure to visit Imo State and to be hosted by Governor Hope Uzodimma”.
“I was pleased to see and commission his impactful infrastructure projects, and to note that he is giving infrastructure the same kind of priority that we are giving it at the Federal level”.
“I firmly believe that when you get infrastructure right, Nigerians will mind their own businesses. And the Igbos will especially benefit from this ongoing infrastructure revolution, because, as a group, they are truly the most enterprising”.
“There is no town you will visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbos being in-charge of economic activities. The evidence is there for everyone to see, that Igbos are in charge of Nigeria’s economy”.
“It is therefore unthinkable for me that any Igbo man would consider himself not to be a part of Nigeria”.
“Let me again say that I was very pleased with what I saw in Imo State, and I would like to assure that I will support Imo State and the entire region within the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
“The Federal Government will complete all ongoing key projects in the South East, including the 2nd Niger Bridge, and other major highways, as well as the railway lines and routes linking the region with other parts of the country”.
