Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) has said that the Igbos have been marginalised in Nigeria’s polity.
He went on to canvass for the restructuring of the country so as to integrate Igbos into the polity.
The former head of state, who ended the Nigerian civil war with the slogan “No Victor, No Vanquished”, spoke at the debate for national unity with the theme: “ Federal Character, Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Power in Nigeria” organised by Igbo Leadership Development Foundation in Abuja.
He emphasised that the Igbo nation still remains marginalised 50 years after the civil war.
Gowon, who was represented by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, appealed for urgent steps to be taken to ameliorate the pains of the Igbo people.
