Ahead of the 2019 general
elections, over 10 Arewa Youth groups have declared support for the next
Nigeria President to come from the South-East.
The groups, including Arewa Youth
Forum, Arewa Youths Coalition for Peace, Northern Central Youth Club and Youths
for One Nigeria made the declaration in Imo State yesterday during a youth
summit.
Apart from the Arewa Youth
groups, several Afenifere and Igbo youth groups, who were also at the summit,
toed same line.
Spokesperson of the Arewa Youths,
Alhaji Haruna Waziri stated that the decision would engender national unity and
cohesion.
Waziri, who noted that the
convener of the Nigeria Youth Summit, Mr. Iheanachor Ezeakor, an indigene of
Arondizuogu in Imo State, would be backed by the Arewa Youths for the
presidency, said the best Nigeria should do at the moment was to have an Igbo
man as President in 2019.
“Today we are making history by
endorsing a youth to run for the number one sit in Nigeria. Mr. Iheanacho
Ezeakor is a youth who has cut the barriers of ethnicity and religion, a youth
the Northern youths believe in, a youth who is a true Nigerian”, he declared.
Asked how such tall dream would
come to reality, Waziri said, “yes, it is a difficult task but, Insha Allah, we
shall change the status quo.
“We do not believe in things not
working out; we believe that this is time to change the narrative in Nigeria.
This community, Arondizuogu is a place where democracy started in the country
and that is why we are here today to correct all that have gone wrong.
“We made this statement in Enugu,
Lagos and Abuja; today the climax of it all is taking place in Ezeakor’s
village here in Arondizuogu.
“We took this step because our
leaders have failed us; they are old and tired; we can do it because the youths
contribute the major votes.
“I personally campaigned for
Buhari but we are not happy with him; the entire Northern youths are not happy
with him, forget all the propaganda.”
On the choice of an Igbo man, the
youth leader said, “it is no longer about ethnicity or religion now; it is
about who you have confidence in, Ezeakor is a detribalized Nigerian; we don’t
want fanatics; we want a true Nigerian.
“His victory will not only quel
the agitation for Biafra but would further unite Nigerians, bring us together,
whether you are from the South or the North; if you are a Nigerian, you are a
Nigerian and you can practise your religion everywhere, that is what we want.”
Also speaking, leader of Igbo
groups at the summit, Comrade Ogbonna Okoro said the youths would push for the
project in a different political platform outside the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In a remark, an elated Iheanacho
said “I’m quite humbled over these endorsements. However, I do hope that
another youth will have a bigger endorsement.
“My own as the convener of
Nigerian Youth Summit is to make sure that we things will not remain the same
because we are tired of hearing that youths are the leaders of the tomorrow.
“So, I’m just acting as the
catalyst, to motivate the youths; we are not fighting the government but we
want them to understand that we have come of age.
“I think I will be considering
coming out to run for presidency in 2019. I know it is not a child’s play but
I’m giving it a consideration, seeing this volume of support, down to my
village today. I will run.”
On political platform, he said,
“we will leave the PDP and the APC for the old politicians, because we are not
coming as old politicians but as system changers. So, we are going for a
different party to be announced soon.”
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ReplyDeleteVery tall dream indeed. But any way, miracle do happen.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fake arewa youths group, OK let's assumed they are authentic groups, there opinion will not work, let them go to the northern States and make such comments and see what people will tell them.
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