‘Nigeria will progress when Igbo person becomes president’ – Kanayo O Kanayo

Nollywood legend, Kanayo O. Kanayo has said Nigeria would progress the day an Igbo person becomes the president of the country.

Kanayo spoke on what being an Igbo and a Nigerian means to him on the latest episode of ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast.

He said the “Igbophobia” which has made some sections of the country blacklist the Igbos from the presidency was only a figment of imagination.

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According to him, “Being an Igbo means that I come from a side of the country that speaks a dialect just like the Hausas, Fulani, and others.

“We’re in the market place always and we dance beautiful dances. That’s who the Igbos are. So we become the envy of other people.”

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He continued, “We are the only people. Give it to us because we call every place we come home. We are not looking for an Igbo president. We are looking for a president of Igbo extraction who will give Nigeria with what he has and what God has given him.

“The day you give an Igbo man the presidency of this country, that is the day Nigeria will discover why it is Nigeria. Economically, people would begin to say Hallelujah.”