“The Igbo are geographically mobile, economically enterprising and educationally ambitious.

“This Nigerian nation is better with Ndigbo as part of the dispensation. Our duty as a government and as a people, is to give them the tools, the platforms and the competence to construct the platforms that awaits them.

“I dare say that Ndigbo are the greatest stakeholders in the Nigerian project. Half of Abuja is owned by Ndigbo. Half of the population of Lagos, is largely made up of Ndigbo.

“There is hardly any place in this country you will not see Ndigbo. If you don’t see them, you better run away from that place..”

– Vice President Kashim Shettima has praised the Igbo community for what he described as their unmatched contribution to Nigeria’s economic and social landscape.