It made the call in a statement signed by Bill Uchegbue, its President and Okey Okakpu, Secretary on Wednesday, also called for the total control of the mineral resources found in each region.

The group argued that the core interest of the North, which has now positioned the conference for disintegration does not portend good for the restructuring and economic development of the nation.

It absolved the conference Chairman, Justice Niki Tobi, and the conference members from the South-East of any mistake in the handling of the voting on resource control, which has pushed the conference into the precipice and urged all the delegates to push for positions that would favour all segments of the country.

“We observe that the North does not want to work and develop their area. Instead, they want to deny the South-South what rightly belongs to them in the name of one Nigeria. Anya-Igbo Forum as a group supports 50 per cent derivation to the South-South and total control of their mineral resources. We believe that every zone has mineral resources and other potentials to harness Therefore, we call on the delegates of South-East, South-South, and South-West to push for positions that will develop our nation,” it stressed.