The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has written to
schools in “Biafra land” to start teaching students
about the civil war.
Emma Powerful, IPOB public secretary, in a statement,
said schools that adopt the scheme will get grants
from the group.
IPOB also urged the schools to use geography
textbooks with the Bight of Biafra to teach about pre-
colonial Biafra and the 1914 amalgamation.
According to the group, the scheme will focus on
“genocide committed against the people of Biafra
during the civil war”, and teach children about the
“€20 given to Ndigbo after the war”.
“IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is
working with publishers of history and geography text
books to commence the job to enhance effective work
and to ensure the success of the scheme,” the
statement read.
“Schools that sign up to this scheme will receive grant
to assist them from the scholars and IPOB worldwide.
“History teaching in Biafra land will focus on the
genocide committed against the people of Biafra
during the civil war in 1967 and 1970 while the
geography teaching will mostly focus on the removal
of the Bight of Biafra by British and Nigerian
Governments.
“The history also will teach on the child starvation as
weapon of war against Biafrans and the seizure of
money and €20 given to Ndigbo after the war in 1970.”
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