A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has advised the
people of the South-East to engage in political alliance and build a strong
coalition with other geopolitical zones.
The coalition, he said, is the only route for the zone to
achieve its ambition of producing the President of Nigeria.
Chidoka, who spoke in Umuahia during a live program on FLO
94.9 FM Umuahia, made it clear that the present approach being applied by
politicians in the zone cannot guarantee a victory for a presidential candidate
of South-East extraction.
He informed the South Easterners that the South West
geopolitical region, which was always in the opposition, realized the need to
be in the centre.
He explained that such realization by the South West was
them appropriating the strategy of alliance with the North, which in return,
had made them relevant since the return of democracy in 1999.
Chidoka, who recalled how the NCNC/NEPU, NCNC/NPC and
NPN/NPP accords saw the South East playing important political leadership roles
in the past, advised his kinsmen to revisit the approach for their own benefit.
He made it clear that no zone can achieve the task of
producing the President of the country just by counting only on votes or key
candidates from her area, as obtained in the South East during the presidential
poll.
According to the former Minister, votes from the South East
are always in bloc for a particular candidate which entails that any perfect
alliance struck by the zone with other power blocs could land a man from the
East in Aso Rock.
He further suggested that the PDP could have won the 2023
Presidency if it zoned the ticket to the South East with a Northerner as the
running mate.
He pointed out that the South West was fast taking charge of
coalition and alliance game plans which put the zone at a better political
position.
“The South East should return to the coalition and negotiate
with other regions to win the Presidency. It is something we can’t go alone”,
he maintained.
On the issues of insecurity, he sympathized with governors
in the South East, saying that the failure in security architecture across the
country has worsened the South-East case.
He therefore advised the governors to regularly and properly
utilize security votes.
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