Njiko Igbo Movement

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The Njiko Igbo Movement is a non-partisan and apolitical initiative spearheaded by Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu to help secure Nigeria's presidential seat for a citizen of Igbo origin. The Igbos, who some pundits believe remain widely resented in Nigeria due to their prominent role in the Nigerian Civil War, have only held the presidency for six months since the country's independence. Despite the seeming political pendulum in Nigeria, according to which the presidency is swapped between the members of different regions on an alternating basis, Dr. Kalu has stated that the Igbos remain a political non-entity and third-class citizens, who have not been provided the opportunity to hold the country's leading political office. [1]

Orji Uzor Kalu was born in April 21, 1960 to the family of Mr. Johnson Uzor Nesiegbe Kalu and Mrs Eunice Kalu. He is the chairman of SLOK Holding and the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria, who served as the governor of Abia State, Nigeria from May 29, 1999, to May 29, 2007. Prior to his election, he served as the chairman of the Borno Water Board and the chairman of the Cooperative and Commerce Bank Limited. Kalu was also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and the chairman of the PPA Board of Trustees. He was the party's presidential candidate in the April 2007 general election. He is currently a member of the ruling party after he officially announced his resignation as a PPA BOT.

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The Njiko Igbo Movement has garnered immense support among Igbos and the wider Nigerian community domestically and abroad, and today boasts branches and support groups throughout the diaspora. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Igbos are third rate citizens in Nigeria – Kalu". The Eagle Online. 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Igbo marginalisation: Njiko Igbo to the rescue". The Daily Sun. 2013-05-04. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Nzeribe can't speak for Igbo – Njiko Igbo". Sun News. 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.


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