The Igbo Community in Benue State.

State creation like I have written over time is a divide-and-rule system. It has dispersed many of our kith and kin.

The Igbo in Benue are found in Oju, Okpoku, Ado and Obi.

Umuezekeọha is a community of many Igbo with over 300 villages.
They should be in Ebọnyị State. Very close as they have link with the Ezaa Ezekụna. Their names correspond with theirs as well. They bear Nweke, Nwalị, etc.

The worst of everything is they have been abandoned by both Local, State and Federal Government.
There is no basic amenities. No water, no road, no electricity, no healthcare. The indigenes are frustrated. The Benue State govt doesn't recognize them neither does Ebọnyị State government they are more closer to, which the latter is understandable. They're not in Ebọnyị.
The only Primary School there was built by the missionaries during the colonial era. The structures have been dilapidated. They are in Benue South.

Before Independence and War of 1967-1970, they used to experience govt attention. But after the war they're abandoned.
Some years ago, the President of Igbo Union there, Nweke Ifeanyị approached me on Facebook. He narrated everything to me and tears stood on the verge of my eyes. The kind suffering those guys are going through. Too much to bear. Like, it's crazy. Let me quote him verbatim:
“We're lacking so many things, including a health centre, political ward, good roads, good water, electricity. There is no salary earner in our place to the extent that the mosquito treated insecticide nets given freely by the federal government was sold to us at the rate of N6k
some even paid without claiming it".

These guys are now abandoned minorities. They trek 30 kilometers before they get water in the dry season.

They wish there is other country closer they could beg for acceptance, cos Nigeria abandoned them.

I appeal to govt, NGOs to assist.
Please RT this let them get help. Individuals can assist too.
@PrettieAdiela see the full gist here

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