Otti urges Igbo to prioritise collective interest

By Ugochukwu Alaribe
UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has urged Ndigbo to place collective interest above individual differences in order to build a more prosperous future for the Igbo people.
Otti made the call in Umuahia during the 2026 World Igbo Day celebration, where he stressed that unity did not require uniformity of opinion.
The governor said the Igbo could disagree on issues while remaining committed to their shared aspirations, urging them to draw on the courage, resilience, enterprise and communal values inherited from their ancestors.
He said, “Unity does not mean unanimity of opinion on every issue, but a consciousness that our individual desires cannot be...