Chairman
of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Chief Paul Unongo, has paid glowing
tribute to one of Nigeria’s founding fathers and first president, Dr Nnamdi
Azikiwe, describing him as Nigeria personified.
He also
berated Igbo for rejecting Azikiwe as presidential candidate during the 1979
elections. Speaking
at a lecture organised by Chief Charles Udeogaranya and Ohanaeze Ndigbo to mark
Zik’s post-humous 113th birthday in Lagos, Unongo who perceives
himself as the little son of Zik, praised the influence of Zik in the promotion
of national unity in Nigeria and the galvanisation of African nationalism
against colonialism.
Unongo
said, the political history of Nigeria is incomplete without acknowledging the
towering role of Zik in the political movements and parties in colonial and
post-colonial Nigeria, notably the Nigerian Youth Movement, Zikist Movement, National
Council of Nigeria and Cameroons and Nigeria Peoples Party.
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