The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige,
on Saturday, said he would unveil his journey to the presidency on Tuesday.
Ngige said that he had consulted with both mortal and
immortal people and would disclose his position on the 2023 presidency after
the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Ngige gave the hint at the Akanu Ibiam International
Airport, Enugu while responding to a request from a pressure group under the
aegis of the South East Progressive Forum who stormed the airport and asked the
minister to contest the presidency in 2023.
“This is an ambush. It’s an Easter ambush and anything done
in Easter is spiritual. So I thank you people for meeting us here and saying
what is in your mind. Make no mistake about it. It is us in the southern part
of Nigeria that the presidency is due for. It’s also true, a truism that of all
the zone in the Southern Nigeria that is only the South East zone that has not
tasted the presidency.
“So, that gives much weight to the demand you are making
now. Yes, in PDP, they are considering whether it will be North or South. No,
in our own, as gentlemen we have already agreed in South.”
The former governor of Anambra State explained that he
waited till after spiritual season of lent to enable him consult God in order
not to make mistakes before declaring his intention about the presidency.
“In December 31, 2021 I told a group that after the
spiritual season of lent, I will consult with my God and Angel and Arch-Angels.
Easter is tomorrow and Easter is a resurrection day. We shall rise with the
resurrection and after Easter Monday, I will make a pronouncement on my journey
to the presidency.
“So we have done the consultation with mortal and immortal
people and we are going to speak but make no mistake again, anything to be
shared, if it is seven, it should be shared equally. If you collect first,
collect second and collect again without others collecting, that’s where the
problem comes.”
While commending the group for believing in him, Ngige said
“I am inviting you on Tuesday to Alor, in Idemili South, that’s where I am
going to unveil my intention for the Presidency.”
On the possibility of the South East aspirants presenting a
consensus candidate, Ngige said, “the issue of consensus candidate has not
arise now. You have to wait untill when all the declarations have been made.
Not only the declaration, the buying of forms, when the forms have been bought
and expression of interest. That is the official first step on declaration.
“So, after declaration of interest the people will buy the
forms and fill, some people will buy form for some people too but that’s when
the question for consensus will arise. So until we get to that bridge, we will
cross it.”
Speaking earlier, leader of the group Comr, Tony Chime, said
the call for Ngige to contest for the number one post of the country was
predicated on his track record in governance.
Chime said that though so many people have queued for the
position, however, none of them have meet their criteria for the position other
than Ngige.
“We know the good things you have done in the south East and
Nigeria in general. Our appeal is that you should come and contest for the
President of Nigeria.
“We know that there are too many people queueing up for this
position, but we have screened them individually and collectively, but we have
not found the material we needed, hence we are here to appeal to you our
brother, father and son to come and deliver us from the problem we are having
in this country.”
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