Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed disappointment stating that it is becoming increasingly challenging to be Igbo in the country.

On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, he raised concerns about why the demands of the Igbos are not being met, while other groups’ agitations are being addressed.

His comments come in response to the creation of the Ministry of Livestock Development by President Bola Tinubu after the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, demanded the ministry.

Ejimakor wrote: “Every group, except #Ndigbo, easily gets what it demands. Does it have to be so hard being Igbo in Nigeria? Ndigbo, where’s thy #FavoriteSon?”

President Bola Tinubu announced the creation of the ministry on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to resolve the long-standing crisis between farmers and herders in the country.

MACBAN had previously rejected a bill that aimed to establish a national agency for the regulation and management of ranches in Nigeria.

MACBAN’s national president, Alhaji Baba Usman Ngelzarma, stated that a Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development should be created instead.

He said, “The entire livestock value chain issues can be addressed holistically rather than what is going on now at the National Assembly, working to create a bill for animal husbandry or ranching.

“We submitted the Jega’s report on Livestock Reform and Mitigation sometime last year, we are looking forward for the President to establish the implementation committee so that implementation of that report starts in earnest.”