“Why Are Igbo Minorities Being Represented As Majority?” – Uzodinma Questions Government Representation

• Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has questioned the way ethnic representation is handled in government, arguing that minorities within the Igbo population are being presented as the group representing the wider Igbo population.
• He made the remarks at an Independence Day banquet, comparing the situation with how Hausa and Yoruba representation is handled.

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has questioned the representation of ethnic groups in government, particularly the way he said minorities within the Igbo population are being presented as representatives of the wider Igbo people.

Uzodinma made the remarks at an Independence Day banquet while discussing the composition and representation of Nigeria’s three major ethnic groups.

He said: “To form Nigeria, there are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Among the Hausa, we have minorities; among the Igbo, we also have minorities, and likewise among the Yoruba. But in the consideration of government today, it is only the Igbos whose minorities are being represented. Why? The Hausa are always represented by a full Hausa, and the Yoruba by a full Yoruba. But in the Igbo case, minorities are claiming to be the majority.”

The governor did not identify the specific groups he was referring to as minorities in the statement, nor did he name specific government officials or positions he believed were affected by the representation issue.

His comments have since triggered debate online, with some Nigerians asking him to clarify who he considers Igbo minorities, while others interpreted the remarks as part of ongoing political disagreements within and around the South-East.

Some social media users also linked the statement to recent political tensions involving prominent politicians from the South-East and South-South, although Uzodinma did not name any individual in the quoted remarks.

Reactions

@callmeuchman: So he’s beginning to wake up now because the thing is no longer going the way his plan we are watching you.NDI IGBO are not dumb people

@InahKenneth: What dose he mean by this

@smush7krf: The people in the Cs are trying to twist this to make it seems he’s talking to Wike lol

@CUdeachara: This his matter with Wike no be small thing

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When someone like Engr. Dave is pushing division and ethnic rhetorics among the IGBO tribe. You come to realise the logic in what Onwa Oyoko is talking about.

@EmenikeN00: Onwa Oyoko, i no understand this one o! Who are the Igbo minorities? Who are the Hausa minorities, and who are the Yoruba minorities? Abeg name names o.

@echoeofself: They have started playing divisive politics… they’ve started again

@Mazichidi07: This men are making every effort to scatter the south east; all these divisive comments are predetermined aimed at causing political disunity in the region.

@okolivictor13: Igbo politicians are very useless to igbos indeed, he is speaking as if he is not part of them .

@dephenomenon: Who are the minority igbos he is making references to?

@ufranklincollin: Igbo is igbo…We are who we are. Copying people blindly leads to blindness.

@Idealistbi: Indirectly instigating division among Igbos in the South-South so they won’t vote for Obi. These politicians know exactly what they’re doing.

@Adekunle1957: It’s election year again. So let’s bring up tribal politics

@de_official_ken: What is he saying ?? Who are the minorities? This is fight between Umahi vs Hope

@D_Obiiii: The agenda is really stoke tribalism. This government will not prosper

@ChideraUzoigwe: Wetin this one dey talk Am ashame say na this kind man dey govern my beloved imo state

@eliveezy: Who are the minority. The Rigged governor don’t even know know shit about the hausas

@OraclesTweet: Divide and conquer the demonic Tinubu way.