FORMER Abia State governor Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has blamed Igbos for the current backwardness of the southeast geo-political zone claiming that rather than the federal government they are the architects of their own misfortune.
Many Igbos believe that the southeast has been neglected by successive federal governments who have failed to invest in its infrastructure. However, Chief Kalu has hit back at such claims, pointing out that Ndigbo have no one else to blame for their woes as a number of the elite in the region are not only selfish but they also get their politics wrong.
Chief Kalu said: “Let me tell you, there were more problems between Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola, than there were between me and Theodore Orji. However, it is the discipline of the Yorubas that kept them at bay.
"Igbos have no discipline in terms of politics. They are very good traders, they’re good in anything they do but they don’t understand politics.”
He illustrated his point with a conversation he claimed to have had with President Muhammadu Buhari, who wondered why previous high profile Igbo appointees had done nothing for the region. Chief Kalu governed Abia State for eight years and when he left office, he and his successor Governor Orji fell out, leading to the collapse of their party.
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