The president of the organisation, Professor Joe Irukwu, who stated Ohanaeze’s position after its two day meeting in Enugu said Ndigbo would advocate a restructuring of the polity that would ensure justice and equity for all.

He also said the group backed the stance of the Southeast governors on the inclusion of state of origin, language, sex, ethnicity and religious affiliations in the up coming national census.

Irukwu said the National Dialogue offers a chance for various groups and nationalities in the country to bare their minds on all issues affecting the nation with a view to finding lasting solutions. He said, "Any opportunity for Nigerians to decide the destiny of the nation through a restructuring and the evolvement of a political arrangement that would ensure justice for all and any process of finding a way for us to live together as one stable and peaceful nation would enjoy the support of Ndigbo. So, we will go to the national dialogue or whatever name such a forum bears.

Continuing, he said, "The case of Ndigbo is the case for Nigeria. We are advocating justice for all Nigerians because we know if any side of the country is unhappy or feels unfairly treated, the country will not be stable".

The Ohanaeze President was however less direct on the issue of whether the group would also attend the separate confab being called by the pro-National Conference advocates led by elder statesman Chief Tony Enahoro but stated, "we shall listen to anyone talking about the peace and progress of Nigeria.”

He said the organisation was in full support of the position of the Southeast governors on the proposed national population census, stating that only a fair, accurate and properly executed exercise would bring about justice and rapid development of the country.

Professor Irukwu said the group believed that no census would be respected and accepted by all if the issues of religion, ethnicity, language and sex were not addressed, adding that it hopes that their omission in the programme for the census was an "oversight" which the Federal Government would correct immediately to forestall another fruitless exercise.

He said, Ohanaeze believes that the national census has been made a political issue for 40 years and that has accounted for the nation's inability to attain rapid development. The group, according to him, is happy that the federal government appears set to reverse the trend.

The meeting was attended by representatives of all the seven Igbo speaking states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Delta, Imo and Rivers. Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu who had not attended Ohanaeze meetings in the last two years also attended. It would be recalled that Ojukwu at one time formed the Igbo National Assembly to rival Ohanaeze. But at the meeting, the Ikemba said he came on the platform of Ohanaeze and was interested in protecting Igbo interest at the National Dialogue.