Three United States–based advocacy organisations have urged traditional rulers in Nigeria’s South-East to speak more boldly on issues affecting the region, warning that silence in times of tension only worsens public frustration.
The groups — American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID), Ambassadors for Self-Determination, and the Rising Sun Foundation — made the call in a joint statement released on Friday.
The organisations, led respectively by Dr Sylvester Onyia, Chief Evans Nwankwo and Dr Maxwell Dede, commended the traditional ruler of Enugu, Eze Lawrence Agubuzu, for what they described as his forthright and principled stance in his recent message to President Bola Tinubu.