Newsonline reports that Governor Uzodimma, however, lamented that the contribution of Igbo people to the development of Rivers State and the country, in general, are been swept under the carpet.
Uzodimma said no part of the country has shown patriotism like the Igbo people in the development of the country.
He added that all parts of Nigeria have Ndigbo contributing to their social and economic development.
Governor Hope Uzodimma stated this during a birthday ceremony held in honour of an Imo State-born elder statesman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
He said, “Igbo people built Port Harcourt. Even if it pleases some people now to try to rewrite history.
“The Igbos built Port Harcourt.”
“Prominent Igbos like the late Doctor Nnamdi Azikiwe, the Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu, even General Ike Nwachukwu and a lot of other great men and women were born in the North by their parents who settled there as their home.
“Indeed, throughout the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, from Zungeru in the North to Owo in the West and from Akwanga to Ahoada, Igbos are found there in their large numbers.
He added that “In most cases, outside the Indigenous population, the largest ethnic groups outside Igbo land are the Igbos,” he added.
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