Name Aso Rock after Queen Elizabeth not UNN – Ohanaeze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) after late Queen Elizabeth, saying such move can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North.

The call is an apparent reaction to the former presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, Adamu Garba, who had, on Friday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to immortalise Queen Elizabeth who died on Thursday, at 96, by renaming the UNN after

Ohanaeze insisted that Garba must tender an apology to Ndigbo for making such unhistorical remark.

The Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said such remark was capable of instigating conflict in the country.

According to the statement, “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”. The statement insists.