The apex Igbo socio-cultural
organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has advised Ndigbo who have what it takes to
preside over the country, to start early in reaching out to other political
blocs and groups in the country ahead of the 2023 presidency.
Chuks Ibegbu, the Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, in a statement on Tuesday
evening, explained that the call is necessitated by the need to get zone poised
for future political permutations.
This was as the pan Igbo body
reiterated its earlier stand power should shift to the South-East zone in 2023.
Part of the statement read, “We
call on all Presidential materials in Igbo land to begin early enough to build
networks with political blocs , groups and individuals in other zones
of the country in preparation for
future political permutations. Ohanaeze believe and maintaine that its just and
fair after the North for power to shift to the South East.
“But power is not just given.
|Contenders have to move out on time. Our call for any other political entity
from any other zone aspiring to rule the nation after the North to think twice
is in the interest of the nation. We are asking all political parties in
Nigeria to zone their Presidency to the South East zone at the appropriate
time.”
Ohanaeze, however, opined that a
Nigerian president of Igbo extraction would address
the developmental challenges of
Nigeria and bring the best out of all Nigerians.
Ohanaeze has been in the
forefront of calls for the South East geo-political zone to occupy the
number-one office of the country after President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
But some All Progressives
Congress (APC) leaders, particularly from the South West zone have insisted
that South-East does not deserve the Presidency in 2023 over the poor outing of
Buhari, who was the APC flag bearer in the last 2019 presidential election, in
the zone.
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