IS IT A POLITICAL SUN SET FOR THE IGBOS?
Written by Lucas Anuforo Email: peter.lemachi@yahoo.com Dublin, Ireland "The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it."...John Ruskin "Great countries are those that produce great people."... Benjamin Disraeli It is sad to note that Ndigbo are losing their track in the nation's political setting. This has been tailored by those who parade themselves as Igbo political leaders who never had the welfare of the people in mind but rather they are on mission of selfish and inordinate goals. The post independent saw the Igbos at the fore front of the country's political spectrum. The likes of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Alvan Ikoku, Dr. Kingsley Ozurumba Mbadiwe, Dr. Michael Okpara, Dr. Akanu Ibiam, Mazi Mbonu Ojike (blessed memories) and host others who illuminated the political scene both at regional and the national level during the 1960s/1970s will never be forgotten. They were goal getters, ...