When will the Igbo presidency be?

on March 24, 2015 / in Viewpoint 5:21 am / Comments

IF Hon. James Manager wins in the forthcoming general elections to represent the people of Delta South Senatorial district in the ‘Green chamber’, equity, justice and fairness would have lost their true meaning to the aggrieved Itsekiris and Isokos of the same senatorial district. Amidst deafened protest in 2013 against Manager’s second term in the place of an Itsekiri candidate whose turn it was to represent the district at the senate, Manager was imposed on the people.

An action which starred the hornet nest and caused so much disaffections among the Itsekiris and Isokos political class who have been victims of Manager’s manipulation. Manager’s shenanigan broke down completely the mutual understanding between the three ethnic groups to rotate the senate seat a single term bases.

It is commonplace to hear of ‘mutual agreement and rotation’ among stalwarts of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP). Why such agreement among the three ethnic groups in Delta South Senatorial district was frustrated, abused and jettisoned by James Manager and his lieutenants is beyond comprehension. For the Itsekiris and the Isokos who are principal victims of this manipulation, the mutual trust between the former ethnic nationalities and the Ijaws of the same district would for a long time to come suffer frustration unless something bold and drastic is done about the imposition on the other two tribes in the district by the leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party.

Nonetheless, signs are ominous that the PDP is in for the worst and humiliating defeat in this senatorial district since the inception of the party. Let me quickly add here that not all Ijaws are in support of Manager’s imposition. Hence, to say that some discerning Ijaws in the state are brooding over Manager’s ‘third coming’ to the senate is stating the obvious. It is the duty of this minds therefore to callJames Manager to order or at best desert him to keep the unity of purpose in Delta South.

This is not intended to whip up undue sentiment or cry wolf where none exist. Yet, the truth must be told because only fairness and justice can guarantee peaceful coexistence among people of diversified ethnic backgrounds. It is sad that it is only in Delta south that this kind of Manager’s impunity can take place.

Manager had openly aborted the agreement entered into by the older generation of politicians from the district without the least respect for fairness and decency. Unlike what is obtainable in other senatorial districts of the state, the agreement to rotate the seat among the different ethnic groups in the district was arrogantly messed up by this politics of attrition and personality assassination.

In Delta North for instance, we have the Osimilis, the Ikas, the Aniochas and the Ukwanis bond peacefully together as a result of each ethnic group abiding by the agreement to have the senatorial seat for one term and relinquish the seat for another ethnic group on expiration of the former’s four year-term. The same practice and understanding is obtainable in Delta Central where we have the Agbons in majority yet share with the Udos, the Uvhwes and the Okpes. Such is the demonstration of an egalitarian society, not the repressive and hostile political atmosphere which Manager’s action is capable of plunging Delta south into should he have another smooth sail to the Senate in 2015.

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--- Igbo nation needs to re-invent itself, it needs holistic reorientation and strategic repositioning. The Igbo people need political pragmatism to enable them take their authentic political position after the tenure of Ebele Jonathan or Buhari, which is the producing of the Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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The Igbo self-induced political quandary and dilemma could be likened to that of the comrades of Ulysses in the cave of the Cyclops in the Greek mythology, Homer’s lliad and the Odyssey. They loved their slavish conditions and servitude like the Ibos love their political servitude in Nigeria. The Igbo people will continue to stew in the political slavery in Nigeria because they cannot take the bull by the horn and drive it out of their political china shop. What a shame! They should however, note that, if they fail to produce the next President after Ebele Jonathan or Buhari, they will continue to dwell in the epicenter of political limbo in Nigeria.

-- It was the same Igbo people that stabbed their own Alex Ekueme on the back during the PDP CONVENTION that led to Obasanjo’s victory. The people are politically mysterious and a bunch of ventriloquists. Their political idiosyncrasies defy classification and surgeonizotion.

The Igbo people should put on their thinking hats now. This is an unsolicited, thankless and gratuitous advice to the Igbo people. I am reluctantly compelled to say this not because the Igbo people do not know what is politically wrong with them, but because they lack the political will and matadorial élan to effect a holistic strategic repositioning of themselves within the political ambit of Nigeria.

I further dare suggest that the Igbo nation should call for on Igbo National Confab to address the issue of an Ibo President after Ebele Jonathan or Buhari. We are aware of the existence of many Igbo corybantic political black legs, lily-livered conscience mortgaging stooges and nihilistic revisionist. But Igbo people must move forward notwithstanding who ox is gored. We are not calling for a reenactment of the Biafra struggle or war, but we are identifying the basic truth that the Igbo people are making rubbish of the glorious revolution by not standing up for their rights. It is clear that all the problems that led to the Nigeria/Biafra civil war still exist in Nigeria till today.

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Finally, as we march with uncertainty towards the 2015 elections, let Igbo nation come to the realization that it is their place, destiny and time to present an Executive President for Nigeria after Ebele Jonathan or Buhari. No other agenda is worthy of pursuit.

They should get together and present only one Ibo candidate for the presidential election after Ebele Jonathan or Buhari and let every Ibo man stand by that candidate and I know and believe many other Nigerians will stand with the Igbo candidate. The English Playwright William Shakespeare posits that “there is tide in the affairs of man, which when taken at the floods leads on to fortune, omitted, all the voyages in their lives are bound in tempestuous waves”. A Chinese sage said, “It is the friends and relatives of the madman that are ashamed of him. He is never ashamed of himself”. But l am ashamed of the Igbo man’s political attitude.

I pray they make me proud in the years ahead. Let them not allow the bait of creation of more states in the South-East overwhelm their political position. Let APGA, OHANEZE-NDIGBO, MASSOB, IGBO YOUTH CONGRESS, IGBO ELDERS AND ALL INTEREST GROUPS speak with one voice and stand in a political Indian file for the Igbo course. It is the Igbo turn to produce the President after Ebele Jonathan or Buhari. IGBO PRESIDENT: IS IT AFTER THE ARMAGEDDON?

Mr. Bobson Gbinije, a social critic, wrote from Warri Delta State


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Igbo presidency dey even bother non-Igbos pass igbos ourselves. Ndi ara!

This man has finished igbos completely. The problem is, Igbos are AGIP (any government in power). If Buhari should win the elections, they will add Azikiwe to his name too same way they did to jona.

Simply put, the way this country is stuctured, coupled with the events that occurred prompting the war and the fear of igbo domination and the creation of the biafra state, igbos may not smell presidency for a really long time.
With their prowess in business though, only if they change their mentality that money is not only for show off and prestige gains,they can rule underneath and call shots.

IGBOS ARE SELLING THEIR MANDATE TO AZIKIWE JONATHAN.

Bros wait make we return GEJ on saturday first.

GEJ till 2019!!!

What special privilege has the seat of the presidency conferred to the tribe or ethnic group of previous occupiers? I guess no one will be able to provide an honest answer.

Obasanjo could not repair the road to Ota during his tenure.Jonathan is currently being begged to complete the east west road. The north has benefitted more,even without being in power.

I think what the Igbos need is to extract some concessions from whoever needs their support ,not the presidency per se as an end . Jonathan got his support on a platter,unwise as it sounds politically,its a good move intended to heal the feelings of mistrust between igbos and their neighbors.

The Igbos will surely come out better,that I do not doubt.

Truth be told, it ll only take the grace of God for an igbo man to make it as the president in this country. If we (igbos)go as far as waking Madela from the dead and present him(as igbo) as our candidate, we ll never win. Reason, other tribes are afraid that an igbo president ll divid NIGERIA

We the Igbos are the greatest enemies of ourselves...... The day we wake up and agree we are a political block I think the Presidency position will be feasible....

When dy get biafra.

GEJ has already rep d igbo

AnyibestDede:
Truth be told, it ll only take the grace of God for an igbo man to make it as the president in this country. If we (igbos)go as far as waking Madela from the dead and present him(as igbo) as our candidate, we ll never win. Reason, other tribes are afraid that an igbo president ll divid NIGERIA

Do not despair, bro. It MUST come one day, as long as we remain one country.

To the non-Igbos, people like Rochas Okorocha, Amaechi, joe igbokwe, Abagworo (Nairaland), GeneralBuhari (Nairaland), Ezechi (Nairaland) and Berem (Nairaland) and MANY other Igbo men and women are doing an excellent job in building bridges with peoples from the other regions.

Although some narrow-minded ethnic jingoists among their fellow Igbos always lambast them for this; and although some misguided and confused foreign-based Igbos also undermine them, wittingly or unwittingly, by their pointless secessionist posturings, I can assure these Igbo bridge-builders that their efforts are being fully appreciated by non-Igbos.

And I have no doubt in my mind that one of these bridge-builders (or some others of their kinsmen) would one day reap the rewards of their excellent job of reaching out to other Nigerians, with so much open mind.

When (and not if) the time comes, I will personally campaign for Okorocha or Amaechi with all what I have, to contribute in making the Igbo presidency a reality in my life time.

Most likely pat utomi and that itself would come from the magmanimity of others. As it it, the SE is full of opportunistic politicians without any clue of what governance is all about.

[size=18pt] 1. WHEN IGBOS STOPPED SELLING THEIR BIRTHRIGHTS FOR BREAD, BUTTER AND SENTIMENTS.
2. WHEN IGBOS STOPPED MAKING AN ENEMY OUT OF ALL OTHER ETHNIC NATIONALITIES, WHO THEY WILL ALWAYS NEED HER SUPPORT TO CLINCH THE TOP SHOT.
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When will Nigerians do away with the mind set of ethnic president? What we need is a president that caters for the welfare of all sections of Nigerians not the one who prefers the Hausa or Yoruba over the Igbo and South South. This is the type we have always had and there is nothing to write home about with it. Nigerians should bother more with restructuring the political system so that ethnic groups will have more control over their own affairs. This is the only way. Retaining the structure the way it is will pose a heavy obstacle to any endeavor we engage in. The time to restructure Nigeria is now. If it were so people like Buhari or Jonathan can never emerge as candidates from any region.

It will never be, not in Nigeria, .they know where they belong in Nigeria, definitely not for rulership. We will create the ministry of chest beat, loud mouth, noise making empty drum for them.

jomonic:
When will Nigerians do away with the mind set of ethnic president? What we need is a president that caters for the welfare of all sections of Nigerians not the one who prefers the Hausa or Yoruba over the Igbo and South South. This is the type we have always had and there is nothing to write home about with it. Nigerians should bother more with restructuring the political system so that ethnic groups will have more control over their own affairs. This is the only way. Retaining the structure the way it is will pose a heavy obstacle to any endeavor we engage in. The time to restructure Nigeria is now. If it were so people like Buhari or Jonathan can never emerge as candidates from any region.

Yes, merit should ideally be paramount in any consideration for electing a president of a country.

However, considering the realities of a multi-ethnic and multi-religious developing country like Nigerian, there is also the need to give a sense of belonging to each constituent entities making up the country. And given our history of having an unfortunate civil war, that need for equal political opportunity to all the regions becomes even greater and more imperative.

Are we practising democracy or tribacracy?
Igbo this, Igbo that. It seems some folks get their daily nutrition by calling Igbo. How many tribes do we have in Nigeria? How many of them have produced Presidents? Compare the illiteracy and poverty level found in the North which have produced many Presidents to that of South East.
1,000 years may pass without a President from Igbo, it won't affect the development of the Igbos.

The Igbos will produce Nigeria's first Female President!!!!

jmoore:
Are we practising democracy or tribacracy?
Igbo this, Igbo that. It seems some folks get their daily nutrition by calling Igbo. How many tribes do we have in Nigeria? How many of them have produced Presidents? Compare the illiteracy and poverty level found in the North which have produced many Presidents to that of South East.
1,000 years may pass without a President from Igbo, it won't affect the development of the Igbos.

ILESANMI