Igbo
delegates have asked the Federal Government to pay N2. 6 trillion as
reparation and compensation for the destruction of Igbo lands during the
civil war which took place between 1967 to 1970.
According to
them, millions of their people were killed and many of their states
destroyed which brought hardship to Igbo survivors.
In a
document titled: “Atrocities and Injustices against Ndigbo: Ohaneze
demand for Reparation” which was circulated with the amendment to the
proposed National Intervention Fund, the delegates demanded that the
Federal Government pay a total sum of N2.6trillion to South East States.
“The federal
government should pay N400 billion each to the five states of the South
East as compensation to those who lost loved ones and properties and
those still suffering dislocation today in Nigeria. The same amount
should also be paid to the government of Delta State for the benefit of
Anioma area of the state”, they asked.
The motion
was sponsored by former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu,
and 14 others. The Igbo stressed that the demand became imperative
following the “atrocities and injustices committed against Ndigbo in
Nigeria over a long period.
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