{"id":45090,"date":"2021-06-14T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45090"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:19:29","slug":"ipob-igbos-brainwashed-with-biafra-agitation-ngige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-igbos-brainwashed-with-biafra-agitation-ngige","title":{"rendered":"IPOB: Igbos brainwashed with Biafra agitation \u2013 Ngige"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment has reacted to the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Ngige said the separatist group had brainwashed people of the Southeast into believing that Biafra would bring an end to unemployment and economic challenges in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, cautioned against such a notion, stressing that the Nigerian government was working towards resolving those challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The minister spoke at a stakeholders\u2019 meeting of the Association of Eze Ndigbo in the 19 Northern States and Abuja yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Minimum wage: Ngige threatens governors not paying N30, 000<\/p>\n<p>Ngige said: \u201cPeople have been brainwashed and the separatists humped on that foundation to now shout from the rooftops that we will give you Biafra and when we give you Biafra, all these things will disappear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no country that does not have its own problems. We have economic problems here, which is why we have unemployment and of course, we have a youth bulge in our population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 60 per cent of them are youths and a lot of them are unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the government is devising ways to tackle that. It is a work in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IPOB led by Nnamdi Kanu has been at the forefront of the agitation for Biafra.<\/p>\n<p>The Kanu-led IPOB has anchored its agitation on the Nigerian government\u2019s failure to improve the Southeast\u2019s economic well-being.<\/p>\n<p>IPOB also anchored its agitation on the alleged marginalization of the region by the current Nigerian government.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Gulak: Ndigbo cannot afford to be linked to senseless murder \u2013 Ngige<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment has reacted to the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the Southeast. Ngige said the separatist group had brainwashed people of the Southeast into believing that Biafra would bring an end to unemployment and economic challenges in the region. 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