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A renown entrepreneur, author and administrator, Mr. Chinenye Nwaogu, has called on Ndigbo to unite and seek for better ways to develop their region, stressing that "the major challenge of Alaigbo is unity of purpose and direction." Mr. Nwogu in this interview, Mr. Nwaogu maintained that "Igbos need a well intentioned and motivated leadership that will be altruistic and visionary enough to mobilized abundant resources human and material to pursue a pan Igbo agenda devoid of politics, selfishness and other considerations." He added that "Igbos have everything they need, but the lack of unity of purpose and the leadership or platform to coordinate things is a big problem. The saying 'Igbo enweghi Eze' hasn’t helped us. We pride ourselves as being republican in nature, sometimes that can be a great disadvantage."     Excerpts; Can you introduce yourself?  I am Chinenye Nwaogu a native of Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. A Christian, married with a lovely family. I have multi sectoral experience from private, development and public sectors. I have degrees in Public Administration, another in Law and post graduate in business administration and policy analysis. I have several certification qualifications in project management, business analysis, agile management and scrum development. I have authored over 13 books ranging from leadership, management, personal development, family and other social issues. My last outing was an adviser to the former Governor of Abia State, first on issues around job creation and youth development then social investment, I did some extensive work on MSME development and Ease of doing business and during that time Abia gained extensive national and international visibility in those sectors. I co-co-ordinated the establishment of Enyimba Shoe Factory and many other initiatives of the government for which a lot of accolades and commendation came from both local and international bodies like the...