January 24, 2021

By Nwanosike Onu, Awka And Emma Elekwa, Onitsha


Southeast leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), say the emergence of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023 is a must for Ndigbo

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Senator Chris Ngige, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and Sharon Ikeazor, spoke on Saturday in Awka, Anambra State

The governor and the ministers spoke during the Southeast meeting of APC at the Olivia Montage Hotel in Awka, which was attended by the leaders of the party in the zone

Addressing the APC members, Uzodinma said if Ndigbo were serious in getting the presidency in 2023, the journey must begin with the governorship election in Anambra State

He said what Ndigbo was seeking in Nigeria was justice, fairness and equity, adding that they would not get it through ethnic politics in the country

For Ngige, Onu, Ikeazor and Nnamani, the time to get Igbo presidency was now, starting with the Anambra election in November.

They said Ndigbo must be at the centre in 2023, adding that Ebonyi State had joined APC while efforts were in top gear to get other Southeast states to the mainstream.

Ikeazor said, “We need Igbo presidency. But let us win Anambra State first. If we win Anambra, we have one leg on the presidency. Ndigbo must be at the Centre. Igbo must be president in 2023,” she said

Uzodinma also said the November 6 election was a must win for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

He regretted that the party had played second fiddle in state politics for a long time, despite the calibre of people that make up the party.

He said, “APC can’t continue to sink in the ship of the opposition party. We must be ready to take the initiative to win the state in the November 6 election. But it can only be possible if we’re united.

“It’s the desire for peace and unity in the party that brought us here, for the sole purpose of reconciling the different groups. We know all of them that prefer to work alone. Our main job is to reconcile all of them.”

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, applauded the Imo State Governor for his role in the party since he joined.

He said, “Uzodinma’s presence has added impetus; brought a lot of respect to our zone.”

Sammy07:
President - Osinbanjo (Yoruba)

BabaOwen:
No one will stop Igbos from contesting under the APC primary presidential election.

johnmartus:
One thing that will never happen igbo man become Nigeria president. Lol. They want to take advantage of Fulani and Yoruba fight they wan to steal the show .

Isobug:
Hmmm....See brainwashing, these ones want to use Anambra Governorship election as a bait to run us street. We know you people very well, Igbo presidency must not come with anything attached to it, if you people cannot achieve it unconditionally then Shame on you all

Odua1stson:
Nyamiri with their comedy
you want to become president of nigeria or your online country republic of biafravd. Im nigeria we wont allow any useless people from cursed tribe to be president
2023 nyamiris go wail tire

Kaduna1stson:
Why does this region want to collect red hot coals in the folds of their clothing?

A country is about the disintegrate and people are fixated about the presidency of a failed country

Kaduna1stson:
Why does this region want to collect red hot coals in the folds of their clothing?

A country is about the disintegrate and people are fixated about the presidency of a failed country

OfficialAwol:


Come let's reason together (Isa 1:16, may not be correct)

Since return to democracy in 1999;

Obasanjo(Southwest) ruled for 8 years.

Yar'adua(Northwest, God rest his soul) ruled for 2 years and some months.

Jonathan(Southsouth) ruled for 6 years.

Buhari(Northwest) is likely to rule for 8 years.

Osinbajo(Southwest) likely to be vice-president for 8 years.

From the above analysis, it is clear that by 2023, southwest shall have had the most years around the presidency with 16 years more than any region.

If it's not greed, disrespect to other regions and disregard for national cohesion, tell me what else justifies Southwest clamour for power?

If you still have cognitive capacity, you would agree with yourself that however you make the calculation, 2023 presidency should be an exclusive preserve of the Southeast.

Revelation2021:
since you don't support we the igbos Igbos,
all your writeups here is just a big waist.

we need Igbo presidency come 2023!

tiswell:
See them shouting Igbo presidency as if it is no longer by election.





Thieves!!!

johnmartus:
One thing that will never happen igbo man become Nigeria president. Lol. They want to take advantage of Fulani and Yoruba fight they wan to steal the show .

post=98414380:

First read these short post below and move on to the long one after that.....


NOW; Seriously, let's be sincere. As things stand today politically, why would the APC even hand power to us Igbos in 2023? 
On what grounds? 
On what records?
On what politics?
Is power given to anyone? 
Is it an appeasement or a gift? 

The APC is a political party. The main focus of a political Party is to hold power and keep it to enable it deliver on its agenda. So if the APC reads that the SE does not want the Presidency or does not have the capacity to help them win and keep power, they will stick with the regions that can and work with individuals who are interested. 


SOUTH EAST: IS IT NOT TOO LATE?

I have read the recent transmissions by Senator Bukola Saraki directed at my Igbo tribe. I have deliberately kept mum on this as I had earlier resolved to speak less on Igbos as regards the 2019 Elections and 2023 Presidency having said quite a bit. 

However seeing as some of my brethren have swallowed the cheap bait, I will chip this in just to keep the reality before us, at least for posterity sake. Truth is bitter but it's still the best medicine. 

My people say; 'He who does not remember where the rain started beating him, will not remember where it stopped'. 

REWIND TO 2014. 
A new National Party was being conceived. Political Parties, political players and Regions were being wooed to the new alliance. 

'We' Igbos (read South East) vehemently refused to touch it even with a long pole. We packaged, sold to ourselves and bought the baseless propaganda that it was an Islamic alliance that would birth an "Islamic" and "Hausa" Party. Simply because those our brethren heavily invested in the PDP at the time were afraid of losing their vested selfish interests.
Till today I'm still trying to fathom the basis for that wicked and twisted deceit especially as many of those Igbo elites who sold that dummy have since ported to the same APC.

We failed to even identify with that new Alliance. Hence the Party, APC was birthed without any remarkable input from us or presence. The few amongst us who aligned were called all kinds of names and abused to high heavens by us even when they were proven right afterall.

Thus the few Igbos who were part of it were at best fringe players as they didn't have the required clout to make serious demands and do the necessary political wheeling and dealing required in Politics to strike the hard bargains since politics is all about interests and numbers. They were even suspect, so much so that it was only their personal political sagacity that gave them whatever they got.

That Party went on to win the Presidential Election which in truth, most of us never believed it could or would, because of our half baked permutations and poor understanding of Nigerian politics. But it did. 

Curiously we turned up at the fore front of telling this same Party how it should share it's 'spoils of war'. We became hypocritical moral champions with an over bloated sense of entitlement. Who does that, in all political reality and practicality? But we did, even while vehemently and vociferously still refusing to shift our position, style and rhethoric.

We dug in. Supported every bad thing and person against the Party, the elected President and the Administration while denying any and every good done to and for our Region.

Fast forward to where we are today. Almost four years after the 2015 misadventure, we have stayed put at 2015, refusing to move forward, refusing to shift grounds, refusing to play pragmatic politics, telling ourselves the same lies we cooked and bought in 2015 and some more. 

Now barely 5 months to another election, we have started again saying "APC cannot give Presidency to Igbos in 2023". "Buhari cannot hand over to an Igbo man because Buhari hates Igbos". "APC is deceiving you", bla bla bla.

Of course. We will believe Saraki, who has only but a fanthom dream of becoming President and whose only known record is selfishness but we can't believe Buhari who's already President and who has a record of voluntarily picking two great Igbo sons as running mates in the past? Chukwu aju.

It is interesting and vital to note here that the PDP which many of us still proudly support and adore was in power for 16 solid years and in those years there were 4 Presidential Inaugurations and on none of those was an Igbo man found worthy by the PDP of even Vice Presidency and we are still bold to say it is the APC that has not even finished one and a half tenure that doesn't want to give power to Igbos. Odi nma. 

NOW; Seriously, let's be sincere. As things stand today politically, why would the APC even hand power to us Igbos in 2023? 
On what grounds? 
On what records?
On what politics?
Is power given to anyone? 
Is it an appeasement or a gift? 

The APC is a political party. The main focus of a political Party is to hold power and keep it to enable it deliver on its agenda. So if the APC reads that the SE does not want the Presidency or does not have the capacity to help them win and keep power, they will stick with the regions that can and work with individuals who are interested. 

Make no mistake, I have always said, I do not blame us Igbos for the decision majority of us took in 2015. It's our right. But continuing to pretend that it was other regions, Buhari or the APC that made us do what we did then or remain where we are today is purely self deceit and I refuse to play that ostrich game. 

As far back as 2014, I and many others made that argument that Igbo Presidency was very feasible in 2023, ONLY under under the APC, ONLY IF we did a couple of things right politically. I personally continued to speak loudly on that even after the 2015 elections until when I realized that we were not ready to play the politics that was required and now I dare say it may be too late. Or is it not? Time will tell.

For now, we can continue to tell ourselves that we cannot hold the Presidency of Nigeria. I heard and read many of our brethren go from PDP to Biafra/seccesion (read IPOB) to Referendum to "Igbos do not need Presidency but Restructuring" etc forgetting that all that didn't lie squarely with us alone. We think other regions are not reading our body language?

I really don't care what Saraki writes or says because they've all come to realize that it's very easy to play us like a flute. So like Saraki, like Fani Kayode, like Fayose, like Atiku, even Jonah Jang of all people, they keep playing us.

I've learnt not to bother myself anymore to avoid unnecessary abuse from nonentities . As some of us have said, it's good governance we want, even if only one village will be producing the Presidents. So be it.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu. 

sharone21:
It is the turn of the Igbos no doubt. If an Igbo man enters( especially a SENSIBLE one), he will OPEN up the closed economy that was opened only for 1 man and borders opened only for 1 region. He will help stabilize the Naira to an appreciable level since most of his brothers( importers & exporters) rely heavily on the exchange rate. He will allow inflow and outflow of money for easy business transactions etc. Right now, this thoughtless government has locked ALL avenues to send money out for students outside Nigeria eg Western Union/ Money Gram, and to even use domiciliary account, you have to go buy the heavy dollar from black market 1st before changing it to any other currency even African currencies like CFA which will then totally reduce the value, so Nigerians in these countries have ONLY to look for fellow Nigerians to change Naira directly to cfa for them( eg giving them cash or transferring from their Nigerian banks to the other Nigerian's bank account and collecting cfa). It even blocked Western Union getting into Nigeria from Cameroon.
I'm sure when this government goes there will be MASSIVE jubilation.
South South will not hesitate to endorse Igbo presidency eg the likes of Ebonyi State governor, Kingsley Moghalu etc.
It is well.

SilverNorGold:


Either South East or South South will produce our next President, come 2023... South West is out of the equation because it has already produced a President (8 years) and a vice (8 years)