Ebonyi Govt Call On Ohaneze Ndigbo To Protect Image Of Ebonyi People In Anambra
By Joyce Onuora, Abakaliki
Following the viral video portraying Ebonyi people as criminals in Anambra State, Ebonyi State Government has describing it as purported attempt to tannish the corporate image of the state
Salient Times reports that ehile calling on Ohaneze Ndi Igbo to rise up to the challenge not only to protect the image of Ebonyi people but also Igbos in general.
The Commissioner for Information and state Orientation Engineer Jude Chikadibia Okpor who made the press release available to Journalists in Abakaliki, noted that Ebonyi indigenes in all parts of the world are industrious, hardworking and law abiding people.
He strongly condemned the criminal activities involving Ebonyi people and maintained that the few hoodlums cannot be used to generalize Ebonyi people as criminals.
Engr Okpor also called on the Igbo Cultural Apex Organisation, OHANEZE NDIGBO to remain leading umbrella of Unity and Progress in the the zone., affirmed that no Igbo man can attain the level of sainthood by tarnishing the image of his or her brother, but would summarily dent the collective image of the Igbo nation.
Engr Okpor enjoined the leadership of the group to use their influence in extending the content of their slogan, “ONYE AGHANA NWANNEYA” in propagating the unity and oneness of the people of the zone.
The Commissioner further reassured Ohaneze Ndigbo of government’s readiness to partner them to achieve the desired result.
The leader of the team and state president of the union, Doctor Peter Mbam, assured of the readiness of the union to partner the present administration in the state to contribute their quota in the development of the state.
