{"id":3736,"date":"2013-05-16T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/how-to-immortalise-achebe-by-igbo-group\/"},"modified":"2013-05-16T09:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:28:37","slug":"how-to-immortalise-achebe-by-igbo-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/how-to-immortalise-achebe-by-igbo-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How to immortalise Achebe, by Igbo group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Igbo socio-political group, Aka Ikenga, has urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late Prof. Chinua Achebe by fighting corruption, poverty and injustice across the land.<\/p>\n

The group said these were the issues Achebe fought till his death.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s President-General, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, spoke in Lagos at a day of tributes in honour of the late literary icon at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).<\/p>\n

He noted that Achebe would have loved to be remembered through academics.<\/p>\n

Although he said it is not a bad idea if the government chooses to name an institution or a monument after the renowned novelist, Uwazurike added that Achebe, being a principled and dignified man, would have been happier if his death could serve a turning point in reclaiming the nation\u2019s lost glory.<\/p>\n

He described Achebe as a man who learnt the white man\u2019s language but wrote his stories with Igbo syntax, as a result of his dire need to protect and preserve the African culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Achebe) was an icon and stood up without hiding his disgusts for injustice and corruption,\u201d Uwazurike said. Uwuzurike recalled how Achebe rejected national honours because he felt the givers\u2019 hands were stained.<\/p>\n

According to him, the late writer, even at death, will insult anyone who tries to confer him a honour when scores of Nigerians are being killed by Boko Haram and other insurgents.<\/p>\n

At the event were: President-General, Igbo Lagos, Prof. Anya Anya; former presidential aspirant, Prof Pat Utomi; a philanthropist, Chief Arthur Mbanefo; a former ambassador, Prof Goerge Obiozor; the brother to the deceased, Obi Achebe; a former Naval Chief, Admiral Ndubuisi Nkanu; House of Representatives member, Chude Uwazurike; the chairman of the Chinua Achebe Burial Committee, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, among others.<\/p>\n

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