Igbo people are dreaded, maltreated and bad-mouthed in Nigeria. This assertion is drawn from various xenophobic attacks on Igbo people and their properties in North and Western Nigeria.

But, firstly, let me ask you, “Do you know what it means to be an Igbo Man?”

“Do you understand what it means to come from Igbo land?”
“Oh! I bet you do?” But in case you don’t, “An Igbo man is that man who can defeat poverty from childhood without education.”

The white man says, “Education is the key,” but the Igbo man disagrees and says, “Education cannot be the key when business exists!” Hahaha! ”You got that?”

Most Africans do not understand customs and traditions but an Igbo man does. “I’m an Igbo woman” and “I am proud to be one, my Igbo name is Chinweoke.”

An Igbo man is confident, fierce, bold, hardworking! Probably the reason he is dreaded among his peers and fellows.

A typical Igbo man learns how to work hard from childhood. As he grows, he develops the acumen and capacity to run businesses to boost the economy of his locality no matter where he finds himself, no matter where he is!

The majority of Igbo men have become business technocrats and moguls without formal education. The Igbo businessmen have more business skill mastery than graduates of business administration.

Go and check the records, most nations that have a large population of Igbos, have flourishing economies because they work hard to produce better results.

I tell you poverty and an Igbo man can’t be in the same place, you know why? Because an Igbo man is wise and can always conquer! The facts are there: After the Nigerian civil war and the kwashiorkor holocaust. The Igbo rose from grass to grace. They rebuilt their homes and communities in no time.

Though an Igbo man has an independent disposition, they are the most accommodating people. For this reason, people say, “Anywhere you go in this world and you don’t find an Igbo man, leave the place.”

If you want to experience prosperity, go to a place where an Igbo man is, because that place is habitable

An Igbo man has a big heart! If you truly want to experience brotherly love, show some love to Igbo people, because an Igbo man is someone who will make it through business and think of visiting the village to fetch boys to train and make successful in trade and business.

That’s why an Igbo man will say; “Onye aghana nwanne ya!” meaning; “He who has made it shouldn’t forget his brother!”

You can hardly see an Igbo man who is beggarly, because he has integrity, respect to protect the dynamism of his culture and tradition.

If you don’t know what it means to be an Igbo man, go make research for yourself and the future generations.

Conclusively I say to you; The best place you can come from is Igbo Land (Ani Igbo)

Scripted by Maryglory Chinweoke Eagle Anyichie – Obinwannem News 

Published by Ugwu Okechukwu (Obinwanne ndi Igbo)