The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has described the Igbo marginalization within the Nigerian federation, as a reality that could only be effectively addressed through restructuring, to enthrone true federalism. Ekweremadu spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of the book “The Audacity of Power and the Nigeria Project: Exclusion of the South East in Nigeria’s Power Politics and the Spectre of Biafra”, authored by Godwin Udibe and Law Mefor. The lawmaker, who was represented by Hon. Dennis Amadi, said, “the cross of Ndigbo in the Nigerian state is heavy; Igbo marginalisation is real; and, as the authors argue, now bothers on deliberate exclusion. “But the worst disadvantages suffered by Ndigbo are not just those imposed by structural imbalances, such as fewer number of States and local governments or the lesser revenue accruals, political representation, federal employments and political appointments, arising from the imbalances and w...
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