Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended President Bola Tinubu for honouring Prof. Humphrey Nwosu with a posthumous award, urging the Federal Government to name the INEC Headquarters after him
Humphrey Nwosu Honour has drawn praise from the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, which has lauded President Bola Tinubu for recognising and honouring Prof. Humphrey Nwosu.
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The Igbo socio-cultural organisation has further requested that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters be named after him.
Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, made this statement while reacting to President Tinubu’s June 12 speech and the conferment of a posthumous award on the late Nwosu.
Prof. Nwosu was the chairman who conducted the historic June 12, 1993, election, widely regarded as the freest and fairest election in Nigeria to date, which Chief Moshood Abiola won.
President Tinubu on Thursday conferred the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) award on Nwosu.
Chukwu described the gesture as a welcome development, stating that the Federal Government had “done the needful” by honouring Nwosu, whom he said made a generational sacrifice with real courage by upholding Abiola’s mandate.
“The idea of honouring him is welcomed, though, it is late but at least we appreciate the fact that he has been honoured,” Chukwu remarked.
However, Chukwu appealed to the Federal Government to take a further fundamental step by naming the INEC Headquarters after Prof. Nwosu.
“It is also our desire that INEC Headquarters should be named after Prof Humphrey Nwosu for the virtue of his role in Nigeria’s democracy during the military,” he urged.
On the state of the Nigerian economy, the national publicity secretary observed that it still requires significant reforms, as economic hardship continues to affect all sectors of the nation.
According to him, inflation and exchange rates remain very high, while the cost of living has reached its peak.
“The reforms which the Federal Government has embarked on are yet to have a human face in the lives of Nigerians,” Chukwu stated.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo holds the view that Nigeria’s economic policy must be extensively revisited to address these persistent challenges.
“There is a need for the Federal Government to take concrete steps towards reinventing the economy to alleviate the hardship and poverty facing citizens across the board,” he added.
Chukwu emphasised that to truly get things right, President Tinubu must take steps to restructure Nigeria.
He stressed that without restructuring, it would be difficult to effectively address both the economy and the pervasive insecurity.
He elaborated, “This is because, at the state level, governors are not in charge of security as Commissioners of police are answerable to the Inspector General of Police.”
He further argued that with restructuring, the centre would be unbundled, leading to genuine fiscal federalism, resource control, and devolution of power.
“A system where the federal system of government is in principle but in practice, it is all about unitary government cannot actually place the nation on the pedestrian of growth,” he asserted.
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“This is the solution we are proffering. If the country is restructured, there will be healthy competition among various federating units as various states and regions can have the opportunity to maximize their wealth and add value to their economy,” he concluded.