The Director-General of the World Trade Centre, WTC , Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday challenged the governors of the South-East geo-political region to eschew bitterness among themselves and collaborate to maximize the potential of the region and build a vibrant economy. She maintained that only deliberate approaches by the governors would boost the region's economy.
Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Former Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, made the remarks in her keynote address presented via Zoom at the ongoing South-East Summit on Economy and Security in Owerri, the Imo State capital, proffering that"The Igbo have high human resources. Our people are scattered across the World and are excelling.
"I appeal to the governors to maximise the huge Ndigbo human resource to support professors to develop high quality schools, diaspora doctors to build quality hospitals", She proposed The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, in his remarks tasked Igbos on the restoration of Igbo values to drive economic goals.
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