The Buhari south-east youth movement has advised and pleaded with the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo ably led by Chief John Nnia Nwodo to establish and build a good relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari in order to curry and attract dividends of democracy to Igbo land and Igbos in general stating that the major focus of the organisation should be on how to better the socio-economic/infrastructural well-being of Igbos which can only be achieved by supporting the government of the day.
Speaking through its Director-General, Engr.Nwabueze Onwuneme and Aba zone co-ordinator, Ndem Chukwu, in Aba, Abia state, the group urged the leadership of the apex Igbo Organisation not to be confrontational but instead to be accommodating and diplomatic in their dealings with President Muhammadu Buhari and the policies of the federal government.
The group said though it is in support of some of the demands made by the apex group mostly in the areas of appointments but stated that it takes only a man/government that you show love, loyalty and friendship to entrust on you positions of high importance.
The group sighted a situation in the past government of former President Jonathan where Igbos held some positions of very high importance but never impacted on the socio-economic or infrastructural development of the zone but instead lead more to the dearth of the previous ones but today President Buhari even in the face of electoral fraud perpetuated against him in 2015 by some Igbo elites and few blinded followers is still silently rebuilding in its entirety those infrastructures as can be seen in the construction of the second Niger bridge,Enugu-Onitsha highway,Enugu-portharcourt highway,Aba-Ikot-Ekpene highway,Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road,dredging of Onitsha-Ajaojuta axis of the River Niger for easy movement of bigger vessels and goods, construction of rail lines across cities and towns in Igbo land for easy movement of goods and services to the highly trading and enterprenual region,policies leading to easy and effective clearing of goods and services at the Igbo dominated Nigerian ports etc.
The group appealed to Chief Nwodo not to play into the hands of opposition politicians who only heat up the polity for their selfish ambitions and needs and do not mean well for the Igbo nation at large.
The group used the occasion to commend President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa’ad Abubakar III; Governors of Kaduna, Kano Sokoto states and all those who rose in condemnation of the quit notice issued by a group of Northern youths to Igbos while appealing to President Buhari whom is a father to all to address the issues raised by the Ohaneze Ndigbo on the recent appointments in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and secessionists agitations.