The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has disclosed how Biafra will be run when achieved.
Kanu laid out the modalities for running the country in a statement through the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful on Monday.
According to the statement, the “United States of Biafra” would comprise different nations with each empowered to control its own resources.
However, defence, economic, health and education policy would be made by the central government.
The statement read in part, “The proposed Constitution of the upcoming United States of Biafra is that Biafra will run a unique political system designed to carter for the needs of our people.
“We are going to have nation states; we will have an Igbo Nation within Biafra; we will have an Efik Nation within Biafra; We will have Annag Nation within Biafra, if they so choose.
“We will also have Ijaw Nation within Biafra; we will have Isoko Nation within Biafra, Idoma Nation within Biafra; we will equally have Igala Nation within Biafra, and they will all be autonomous.
“Each nation state will control the resources in their own land. The only thing that will bind us together will be a common defence, economic, health and education policy. The people will develop the rest policies according to the pace that they wish or they decided amongst themselves to go by.”
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Kanu also disclosed that laws would be made in local languages to enable proper comprehension.
He said, “Laws will be done in local languages. Ijaw Parliament will make their own laws in Ijaw language. The same thing applies to Ibibio and others so that when people are lying to us, we will know because you know lying is good in English Language. But you can’t deceive the people when you are actually speaking in the language that they understand.”