Why Igbos are their own worst enemies – Orji Kalu

Igbos who have often blamed the FG for the backwardness in the South East have been told that they have no one but themselves to blame for their woes, PremiumTimes reports.

Former Abia State Governor and businessman, Orji Uzor Kalu, said in the recent edition of The Interview that, “Igbos are their own worst enemies.” He said a number of the elite in the region are not only selfish, but that they also get their politics wrong.




“Let me tell you,” he said in an emotion-laden voice, “there were more problems between (Asiwaju Bola) Tinubu and (Babatunde) Fashola, than there were between me and TA (Theodore Ahamefule Orji).

But it is the discipline of the Yorubas that kept them at bay. Igbos have no discipline in terms of politics. They are very good traders; they’re good in anything they do, but they don’t understand politics.”

He illustrated his point with a conversation he claimed to have had with Pres. Buhari, who wondered aloud why previous high profile Igbo appointees had done nothing for the region.