Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- The President-General of Igbo sociopolitical organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, John Azuta-Mbata, has asked President Bola Tinubu to adequately fund the operations of the newly created South-east Development Commission (SEDC) to stimulate healing of old wounds inflicted on the Igbo-speaking people of the region in the past.

Mr Azuta-Mbata spoke on Wednesday at the ongoing four-day South-east Vision 2050 Regional Stakeholders Forum in Enugu.

Organised by the SEDC, the event which began on Tuesday, is aimed at charting a unified socio-economic development roadmap for the South-east and repositioning the region as a global industrial hub by 2050.

In attendance were Vice-President Kashim Shettima, ministers, and Ho...