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IPOB and the Economy of Igbos in the South East of Nigeria: 1999-2021

South East region of Nigeria is made up principally of the Igbos; since independence to the period of this study, people in the region believe and feel marginalized within the Nigerian federal structure leading to a series of agitations and separatist activities, even a civil war between the Nigerian Federal Government and the self declared republic of Biafra between 1967-1970. Though hostilities ended in 1970, the losses associated with the brutal war were huge, the economy of the region suffered greatly and only picked-up from the 1980's and early 1990's. Nevertheless, the problem of perceiv…