 The Nigerian – Biafran War left Igboland devastated . Fighting had completely destroyed many hospitals , schools , and homes . In addition to the loss of their savings , many Igbo people faced discrimination from other ethnic groups and from the new non @-@ Igbo federal government . Some Igbo subgroups , such as the <unk> , started disassociating themselves from the larger Igbo population after the war . In the post @-@ war era , people of eastern Nigeria changed the names of both people and places to non @-@ Igbo @-@ sounding words . For instance , the town of <unk> was anglicized to <unk> . Due to discrimination , many Igbo had trouble finding employment , and during the early 1970s , the Igbo became one of the poorest ethnic groups in Nigeria . 
