Buhari is pushing Ndigbo hard to leave Nigeria – Ezeife.

Sir is it true that the meeting in Owerri was for Rochas Okorocha to lobby Ndigbo against clamouring for restructuring of Nigeria?

I don’t know how Rochas will do that, to listen to anybody about something that will compromise the Igbo interest. In fact, the unity of Nigeria may be un-negotiable, but that is not the problem, the problem is do you want Nigeria as one or do you want the disintegration of Nigeria? If the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable, then restructuring Nigeria cannot be negotiablebecause restructuring Nigeria is the only guarantee for the unity of Nigeria. What we have now is a unity government for a diverse people. Diverse in culture, including religion and many grounds. You must respect the pluralism of Nigeria.

Cultural diversity 
If you have six federating units, then, you guarantee the survival of Nigeria in many ways. Cultural diversity is taken care of, economic feasibility is taken care of. Right now, we have 36 states, most of which are not feasible economically. That is why we are borrowing money for salaries. Is it not a problem now; are we not borrowing money for salaries? During the 2014 conference, another 18 states were proposed and the proposal was to improve the unity of Nigeria by respecting diverse groups who want to stay together on their own but within the federal government. If 36 states are said to be unfeasible, what about adding 18 more? But with six geopolitical zones as federating units, you can even have 100 states, but they will not be called states. Any name you call them they can take, but you scale down seriously, they can be provincial government, they can be anything you call them, they may even be local governments. Do you know that in this Nigeria, there is a state where a child must score 139 points in order to qualify to enter a secondary school, while from another state, you will have nine points?