Tunde Bakare: Igbo Marginalization Must End

Tunde Bakare: Igbo marginalization must end

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has stated that the country’s marginalization of Igbo and other minority ethnic groups must end.

iexclusive News Nigeria report that Bakare said this over the weekend in Lagos, in honor of Democracy Day on June 12th.

Nigeria has a chance to return to national principles, according to the priest, through reconciliation, reconstitution, and reconstruction.

Other historical complaints, he added, must be addressed, including “the lingering recollections of harsh treatment, economic deprivation, marginalization, and non-inclusion of the Igbos that have festered since the end of the civil war.”

He stated that the government must address issues that have led to calls for secession and self-determination by various groups in the South West and South East, as well as animosity and retribution among some Fulanis and their host communities.

The preacher attributed the unrest in the Niger-Delta region to continuous environmental deterioration and a history of carnage, including the assassination of environmental activists like Ken Saro-Wiwa.

He added that women and Nigerian youngsters have a residual sense of exclusion from governance, which needs to be addressed.