That threat was not put into action and Awolowo, the Western leader was released from jail to serve as Finance Minister and Deputy Leader of the Federal Executive Council. The fact of the matter is that the Igbo elite has a strong empirical basis to read Nigerian political history as one of failure and frustration for them. It's a narrative that sees a proud and hard-working people, "the Jews of Africa", that have been forced to play second fiddle to the other for too long, especially the Hausa-Fulani ruling circles. Following the coup and the subsequent massacre of Igbos in 1966 in the Northern region, and the subsequent declaration of secession by the Eastern region in May 1967, the Igbo elite had assumed that other Nigerians would not fight to keep them in the Federation.
Alisema hayo katika mhadhara kuhusu kilimo nchini kwamba si sawa kunakili sera na mikakati ya nchi zilizoendelea kama Uingereza, Asia ama Marekani katika kutekeleza sera ya viwanda bali ibuni yenyewe kwa kuzingatia hali iliyopo.Mhadhiri mwandamizi kitengo cha kilimo uchumi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, Prof Aloyce Hepelwa akijadili mada iliyowasilishwa na Prof Brian Van wakati wa mhadhara mkubwa ulioshirikisha wanazuoni mbalimbali kujadili historia na nafasi ya kilimo na sera zake katika kufanikisha safari ya viwanda ya Tanzania, kwa kuangalia mazao ya chakula kama mazao ya biashara uliofanyika katika ukumbi wa mikutano wa ESRF jijini Dar es Salaam.