Lack of Igbo unity, a self-inflicted problem, has been heralded as the jinx that is holding Igbo down and the accomplishment of fused interests or unity is seemingly thought as a panacea for Igbo socio-economic and political problems in Nigeria.
Unfortunately, lack of cohesiveness within the tribe is a perennial problem that has plagued the ethnic group since the end of civil war with an increased attitude of ‘individual survival of the fittest’—an attitude that has helped to accelerate the erosion of core Igbo values and ethos. Thus, individual success, by all and with any means possible, seems to be approved and applauded to the detriment of collective advancement of the Igbo in Nigeria’s socio-political environment.
