The Obi of Onitsha, His Royal
Majesty Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe has said that it was high time Nigerians
shunned the idea of Igbo, Yoruba, or Hausa Presidency, and root for a President
that would treat all the regions equally.
According to him, restructuring
rather than Igbo Presidency in 2023 should be the concern of the people.
He stressed that there was a need
for the country to be restructured in a way that would allow the different
regions to thrive independently.
The monarch spoke with
journalists, weekend, after paying a courtesy visit to Governor Simon Lalong of
Plateau State.
Achebe said he was in Jos for the
Anambra Cultural Day held on Saturday, which was attended by all the indigenes
of the South-East.
When asked if he believed in Igbo
Presidency in 2023, he said regional Presidency was defective and laced with
crises.
Achebe said, “I think you are
going into politics now; it is a shame that people are talking about Igbo
Presidency, Yoruba Presidency and Hausa Presidency. Nigeria should have a
President who will attend to the needs of all Nigerians. That is the important
thing. What is important for my people today are basic necessities of life,
including employment for our children and health services.
“I don’t believe in regional
Presidency, I don’t believe in Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa Presidency. It sounds
divisive; we want a President of Nigeria that is elected by all Nigerians to
take care of the interest of all Nigerians without showing any bias. That is
what we are looking for.
“It is the basic necessities of
life that matters; it doesn’t matter whether it is provided by Igbo President
or Hausa President. There should be a President that should be a President for
all Nigerians and not the President for one section or the other. Igbo
Presidency? It has to be President for the whole of Nigeria.”
According to him, Nigeria should
be restructured in line with the regional system of government used by the
British colonial administration before the country’s attainment of independence
in 1960.
He said, “Yes, I think that most
Nigerians also believe in restructuring because if the constitution is
restructured, we will be going back to our independence constitution when we
had the regions which were autonomous and yet, we also had a Federal Government
in place.
“But the regions can now develop
at their own pace; they will be happier and more united. But there is no one
solution to the problems in Nigeria. It is an institutional solution; there are
other problems in Nigeria. If the regions can have their own priority, then
they will do the things to solve the problems. It is not one-size-fits-all
solution.”
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