South-east governors and other leaders in the region have agreed to implement the 10-point demands of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and youth organisations to foster lasting peace and development of the region.
The concession was made at a meeting between various leaders and youth groups which held on Friday at the Government House in Enugu State.
Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, in his address to the media at the end of the meeting said the issues raised in the communique of MASSOB are valid and important to ensure lasting peace in the South East and the nation in general.
He listed some demands presented to the meeting by the MASSOB leader, Uche Madu, as;
the emergence of a president in 2023 from the region, disarming of killer herdsmen, and creation of a new state in the South East.
They leaders were also asked to set up a youth rehabilitation and empowerment fund to address unemployment in the region and take up the alleged imbalance in the federal civil service, among other demands
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Those present at the meeting included ministers and members of the National Assembly from the South East, as well as religious and traditional leaders in the region.
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