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Prof Chidi Odinkalu,
Human Rights Lawyer

“You cannot be perpetrating ungovernment against your own people and at the same time accusing Nigeria of marginalizing them,” he said.

According to him, the South-east should focus less on complaints of marginalisation and more on demonstrating capacity for effective governance.

“If you cannot manage 29,500 square kilometres, guarantee peace, guarantee safety, guarantee development, guarantee roads, guarantee water, guarantee healthcare, guarantee children go to school, why do you want to manage Nigeria?

“We can out-govern the rest of Nigeria and start creating a dignified population, a place where things work.

“Nigeria will tell you, ‘you know what you have done to your place, come and do it for us’,” he said.

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