David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, has said the presidential
ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should be zoned to the south-east
for “equity and fairness”.
Umahi, who on Tuesday declared his intention to be the
party’s standard-bearer at the 2023 presidential election, spoke in a chat with
Arise TV on Wednesday.
The governor said, given the “sentiment being expressed by
all the sectors of the society”, APC should zone its presidential ticket to the
south-east “to enable the nation move forward”.
Umahi, who joined the APC in 2020 because of the “injustice”
done to the south-east by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on presidential
zoning, however, added that he “will not feel any sense of injustice” if the
party does not lean toward his ambition or that of the south-east region.
“I’m still a new
person in the APC, and whatever thing I get in terms of my desire, I will
consider favour from God and leaders of the party. I will not feel any sense of
injustice,” he said.
“But looking at it generally about the sentiment being
expressed by all the sectors of the society and to move the nation forward and
for absolute unity and peace, it’s important that equity, fairness and justice
should come to be and to enable the nation move forward.
“And nobody is saying, ‘if you don’t zone it to the
south-east, the nation will not move forward’, but I think that if a nation is
built on equity and fairness then there is going to be progress and prosperity.
So you can understand that I’m new in the house and whatever happens in terms
of my desire and that of the south-east is a favour.”
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