Succinctly, the idea behind the formation of ‘Akuluouno’ (Think Home) Forum was to get Ndigbo, especially those in the Diaspora to “Think home” in their investment decisions as a way of bringing development to the South- East. This is in line with our aims and objectives, to build the required consciousness among Igbos that it is time to invoke our community spirit to drive the process of developing Igboland. To mobilise all Igbo professionals, academia, business men and women at home and in the Diaspora to begin to think home in their investment decisions as part of Igbo development agenda, while maintaining their diversified investments, that they should necessarily include investments in South-Eastern Nigeria. To organise free annual lecture series and other lectures and sensitisation to brainstorm on the Akuluouno philosophy as a way of keeping the campaign alive, strategically focused and sustainable from generation to generation.
Akuluouno-Think Home is a unique, noble and novel forum, that has the South-East Nigeria and the Igbo nation as its major focus, in terms of development, in areas of economic emancipation and industrial self-reliance of the region, and Igbo nation at large. This Forum is not politically propelled. However, we may need to work with, and collaborate and purposefully engage with the governments within the South-East of Nigeria and beyond for our benefits, at appropriate points, for the achievement of our goals.
According to Greg Anderson, “When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need contemplation, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life”.
The Akuluouno-Think Home philosophy has to guided our life for our future generations. I
Though there are many other Igbo groups, with due modesty and humility, this Akuluouno-Think Home forum is a very unique, noble and novel group. Ours is an Igbo Economic Forum and we are strictly focused and our vision is very audacious: To ensure by 2025, at least, 80 percent of new investments by Ndigbo are located in South- East Nigeria.
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