According to a reliable news source from Vanguard, a former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinaya Abaribe has urged Ndigbo to desist from whining and complaining about marginalisation but to sit up and embrace the entrepreneurial skills they are known for.
Abaribe, who however acknowledged that Ndigbo are not getting their fair share in Nigeria but said they should do away with recrimination, self-pity and embrace entrepreneurship skills to confront socio-economic challenges which Igbos are known for before Nigeria-Biafra war.
He said that a rejected people do not reject themselves.
The lawmaker gave the admonition in Enugu Wednesday at the 60th birthday ceremony of a veteran broadcaster, VinMartin Obiora Ilo, who equally used the occasion to launch the birthing of a private television station, Signature TV in Enugu.
Abaribe noted that Ndigbo were progressives, development conscious who never depended on others to drive growth, but a people that always look up to better days and as such should put the past behind them and forge ahead in industry, enterpreneurship and skills acquisition.
“Ndigbo are progressives. We are development conscious. More than that, we have always been a people who do not depend on others to drive growth. All we have always needed is to come together as a people and drive growth,” he said.
To come out of a negative past for a greater future, Abaribe said “whining, complaining and self-pity should give way to commitment for a better tomorrow”.