Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Imo State Senator Hope Uzodinma, stated this during a consultative meeting with members of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Igbo Business Leaders at the Government House, Owerri, on Thursday. Uzodinma, who said his state was ready for business and eager to receive investors with the requisite know-how and technology in gas exploration, commended the apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land for constituting the council.
He observed that the unwillingness of Igbo businessmen and industrialists to invest in the South-East had brought untold neglect and hardship to the region while boosting the economies of other regions of the country.