Ohanaeze Wants Aso Rock Renamed After Queen Elizabeth, Gives Reason

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged the Presidency to rename Aso Rock Presidential Palace after the late Queen Elizabeth II instead of heeding the call to rename the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the deceased Queen.

GWG had reported that former All Progressives Congress, APC presidential hopeful, Adamu Garba had urged the presidency to rename the University of Nigeria, Nsukka after the deceased Queen as a way of immortalizing her.

However, countering him, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, cautioned Garba against provoking crisis in the country through his words.

He said: “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned the Federal Government against renaming the foremost and most prestigious University, the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

“The University has bequeathed a legacy in south-eastern Nigeria and it’s worthwhile for the former APC presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba to know that the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, was renamed after the late British monarch, and is known as Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Umuahia, yet Nigerians have yet to see the late Queen Elizabeth’s legacies in northern Nigeria. It’s appropriate for the North to have a fair share of the Queen’s legacy.

“If the Federal Government and the Presidency wish to immortalise late Queen Elizabeth II, it should look at the role of the Queen in granting Nigeria political freedom and independence on October 1, 1960. And the most appropriate place to show gratitude to Great Britain should be at Aso Rock.”

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