Additional State For The East, Obi Hails Confab

              
odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that former Governor Peter Obi has expressed happiness over the decision of the National Confab to grant additional State to the South- East.

Obi describes it as one decision taken that would address the injustice in leaving the South- East with one State less than other zones in the country.

Recalling all the efforts to people of the South-East had made in that regard, he thanked the South-East delegates for pulling it through  and encouraged them to seek more issues that will benefit the people and the entire delegates for their understanding.

Answering questions from Journalists at the burial of Lady Prisca Obiamalu at Nnewichi, yesterday, Obi said he had followed closely the decisions of the conference since it started siting, and thanked God for granting President Goodluck the wisdom to convoke it. He said the Conference was gradually settling many contentious issues in the country.

Commenting on the security challenges facing the country, Obi said he was gladdened by by how seriously the president is facing it and expressed strong optimism that the country would come out of it strengthened and more at peace with one another.

Condoling the family of the deceased, Obi reminded them that their mothers's death called for celebration, because she lived a fulfilled and ennobling life.