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The money was Only to those who survived the genocide and could still find their bank documents in their bank accounts. For a proper context, the entire village where I come from had just one person with access to his documents to his bank, as the rest ran and left their documents behind. And all the monies were pulled together and handed over to him. He deposited all the money gathered, and returned with 20 pounds. As if that was not enough, FG imposed sanctions on Okirka and Okpororko and banned all the trades dominated by Ndi Igbo. Confiscated some of their goods in the wharf and auctioned them. They didn't stop at that, in 1972, they came up with an indigenization policy where they nationalized all companies, and shared them among themselves. Ndi Igbo couldn't buy a single share from any because, they were pauperized, and rendered useless. Most of the old monies you see today can trace their wealth to 1972. Ndi Igbo in less than a decade, changed the story in the late 70s. By the 80s, we had started rebuilding Aba, Onitsha, Owerri, and Enugu, thanks to the visionary leaders we had at the time.