The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide says President Bola Tinubu has taken a bold step towards rejigging the nation’s security architecture by sacking the nation’s service chiefs and announcing their replacements.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation also thanked the president for appointing an Igbo son as one of the Service Chiefs, saying good things are ahead.
National President of the Igbo group, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, disclosed this in a Tuesday statement.
He said that with the appointments, Tinubu has shown that he has good plans for the country and would carry everyone along.
“For eight years, we cried, we shouted on top of our voices that no Igbo man is among the top security echelon of the country but former President Muhammadu Buhari turned deaf ears.
“He made sure that Ndigbo were totally subjugated under his administration. However, just within a few days in power, President Tinubu has demonstrated total readiness to right those wrongs.”
The Ohanaeze Youth president noted that the appointment of Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla from Enugu State as Chief of Naval Staff “is a clear testimony to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s desire to reunite the country.
“The immediate past administration handed over to him a very fragmented country like never before.
“However, Mr President’s actions so far have given hope to Nigerians that good things are ahead. This also came a few days after our own Frank Mba, another proud Igbo son, was promoted from AIG to DIG of police.”
Okwu appealed to Ndigbo to give the Tinubu government maximum support, stressing that, “we are certain he has good plans for the country and will carry everyone along.”