The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief
Victor Umeh, has said the proposed five per cent equalisation fund
for the reconstruction of the North as being canvassed by some
delegates to the national conference will not sail through unless the
defunct Eastern region, which was devastated during the Biafran war,
is first rehabilitated.
Umeh, who stated this in Umuahia, Abia State, said the South-East
delegates kicked against the proposal because it portrayed the
insensitivity of the North delegates to the plight of millions of
Ndigbo, who he said suffered heavy causalities during the 30-month
civil war.
He insisted that if the proposal should see the light of the day, it
had to first of all, accommodate victims of the war and other
conflicts across Nigeria.
Umeh believed that despite the deadlock over derivation formula, the
eventual outcome of the technical committee on the quagmire would be
based on equity and justice.
He called on the Igbo nation to remain united in order to make an
impact on national discourse, saying APGA had the unity of Ndigbo at
heart in line with the wishes of its founder and great Igbo leader,
Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu .
The APGA chairman said there were plans to conduct befitting burial
for all Biafran war victims.
According to him, details of the proposal would be made public after
due consultations with the relevant stakeholders.
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