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Why Igbo youths are shunning recruitment in military agencies – Women Assembly
The National President of Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, Nneka Chimezie has blamed alleged marginalization of Igbos in Nigeria and delayed promotions of Igbo officers in the military for the poor poor interests being recorded in military recruitment among Igbo youths.
She said that the Igbos have been marginalized in key appointments, just as the zone is yet to produce the President of the country since the 1966 Coup that claimed the life of General Aguiyi Ironsi.
Nneka Chimezie stated this in response to a recent statement credited to the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa about security situation in the South East.
Her words: “They have been denied their rightful promotion, especially those in the security agencies. And that’s part of the reasons Igbo youths are loosing interest in military recruitments.”
“They have refused to join the military and even the police because they hardly get promoted unlike their colleagues from other tribes.”
“In other federal establishments, the story is the same. The quota of the South East is always shortchanged.
“So, these are the things these children are protesting. When they graduate from school like their fellow youths from other tribes, they don’t get equal opportunities for employment.
“That’s what they are protesting because they believe that they are not included in the Nigeria structure. They feel unjustly excluded”, she alleged.
The Igbo Women Assembly President, who said that Igbo youths want inclusion and full integration into the Nigeria system, declared that Igbo Women would no longer shy away from the plight of Igbo youths children.
She also criticised the high number of security check points on roads in the South East, alleging that high level of extortion was done at those points, even as as she lamented that youths in some Igbo communities migrated away from their homes in fear of insecurity.
She urged the Federal government to engage the members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in a dialogue to listen to their grievances, saying that if repentant Boko Haram members were released and given amnesty, there was nothing wrong in engaging IPOB in dialogue.
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Man in shock after lady he lodged with in a hotel in Abuja flees with his car and other valuables
A Nigerian man is currently in shock after a young lady identified as Precious Chinyere , whom he took to a hotel in the Asokoro area in the FCT for a romantic getaway allegedly fled with his car and other personal belongings on Thursday, February 5,
The distraught man and Precious had visited the hotel and opted for a short time stay. Things took a different in the evening when the man noticed Precious had left the hotel room without notifying him and took along with her some of his personal belongings including phones and laptop and also his car.
The victim immediately reported the incident to the police.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh, told LIB that the matter is currently being investigated and that efforts are being made to apprehend the suspect.
The United States Mission in Nigeria has condemned the k!lling of more than 200 civilians in recent attacks on communities in Kwara State.
Recall that terrorists launched de@dly attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night, k!lling unsuspecting citizens.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages, opened fire on residents and burned homes.
According to reports, the de@th toll from the unfortunate incident hit 200 on Thursday night.
Reacting, the US Mission Nigeria condemned the k!lling via a post on its official X handle.
The post reads, “The United States condemns the horrific attack in Kwara state in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people, with the de@th toll still unconfirmed and many still unaccounted for.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of those affected by this senseless violence.
“We welcome President Tinubu’s order to deploy security forces to protect villages in the area and his directive to federal and state officials to provide aid to the community and bring the perpetrators of this atrocity to justice.”
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“I’ll never settle for a barber, yahoo boy or a poor man” — nail tech’s list of men she says she can’t marry sparks reactions online
A Nigerian nail technician has set social media talking after openly listing the kind of men she says she can never settle for.
In a now-viral post, she stated clearly that she refuses to “settle for less” and went on to mention professions and traits she considers a no-go area.
According to her, she can never settle for a barber, an aza man, a yahoo boy, a mechanic, an actor, a laundry man, a hype man, or a plumber. She also added that she wouldn’t marry a man with a high body count or a poor man.
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