DR NNAMDI AZIKIWE' ADDRESS TO NDIGBO EXACTLY 74 YEARS DELIVERED AT THE IGBO STATE ASSEMBLY HELD AT ABA, NIGERIA, ON SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1949. IT WAS ON SELF DETERMINATION
DR NNAMDI AZIKIWE' ADDRESS TO NDIGBO EXACTLY 74 YEARS DELIVERED AT THE IGBO STATE ASSEMBLY HELD AT ABA, NIGERIA, ON SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1949. IT WAS ON SELF DETERMINATION "Harbingers of a new day for the Ibo nation, having selected me to preside over the deliberations of this assembly of the Ibo nation, I am conscious of the fact that you have not done so because of any extraordinary attributes in me. I realize that I am not the oldest among you, nor the wisest, nor the wealthiest, nor the most experienced, nor the most learned. I am therefore grateful to you for elevating me to this high pedestal. The Ibo people have reached a cross-road and it is for us to decide which is the right course to follow. We are confronted with routes leading to diverse goals, but as I see it, there is only one road that I can safely recommend for us to tread, and it is the road to self-determination for the Ibo within the framework of a federated commonwealth of Nigeria and the Cameroo