{"id":132014,"date":"2023-12-16T23:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/govt-has-right-to-demolish-buildings-ohanaeze-tells-igbos-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T23:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:33:08","slug":"govt-has-right-to-demolish-buildings-ohanaeze-tells-igbos-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/govt-has-right-to-demolish-buildings-ohanaeze-tells-igbos-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Govt Has Right To Demolish Buildings&#8221; \u2013 Ohanaeze Tells Igbos In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Emanuel Iwuanyanwu, has urged Igbos whose houses were demolished in the Abule Ado area of Lagos not to cry over the development.<\/p>\n<p>Iwuanyanwu added that the government has the right to bring down any building for the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohanaeze chieftain made this known during his visit to grieve with the Igbos in the community, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0\u201cBlaming Emefiele Is Childish, You Lack Capacity\u201d \u2014 Ohanaeze Youths Knock CBN Gov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe government has the right to demolish for public interest, but the affected citizens should be compensated. There\u2019s no need to cry over split milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any country, citizens\u2019 rights are sacred, Senator Umeh has briefed me, but I came here to know the main issue. What we are going to fight for are our rights. You only build a country based on the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have decided to set up an Igbo relief agency where every aggrieved Igbo would be funded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will also advise communities to treat Igbos fairly because we are peace loving and we are the highest indigenous people that are adding to the GDP of the nation,\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-139731369\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Emanuel Iwuanyanwu, has urged Igbos whose houses were demolished in the Abule Ado area of Lagos not to cry over the development. 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