The Director-General, Nigeria Film Corporation, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, said President Muhammadu Buhari is not averse to the emergence of his successor from the South-East geopolitical zone.


Maduekwe said this during an interaction with newsmen in his Ohafia country home.


He said it was mischievous for people to describe Buhari as a hater of the people of the Southeast, adding that the president’s political antecedent pointed to the contrary.


“It is not true that the president does not want a president of Igbo extraction, rather he is supportive of the cause.


According to him, there is no way Buhari will hate the Igbo people and in 2003 he picked late Chuba Okadigbo, an eminent Igbo man, as his presidential running mate.


“In 2007, he also selected another prominent Igbo man, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, as his running mate.


“It is possible that either of these two Igbo personalities could have succeeded him if Buhari was elected in 2003 or 2007,” he said.


Maduekwe further said that the Southeast had received a fair share of the president’s political appointments and distribution of development projects in the country with many Igbo already appointed into strategic offices by the president.


He cited the appointment of Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume (Imo) as the Chairman of, Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).


He also mentioned Mr. Ogbugo Ukoha (Abia) as the Executive Director, Distributions System, Storage and Retail Infrastructure in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.


He asked, “Why are we not celebrating these appointments of our people by the president and stop criticizing him?


Maduekwe described the second Niger Bridge, which is nearing completion, as one of the multi-billion naira projects of the present administration.


He said although President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration conceived the project, it later became a tool for political campaigns.


“But this administration started the execution and is determined to complete and deliver the project,” he said.


He also gave kudos to the president for addressing the road infrastructure deficit in the Southeast, saying that in addition to the bridge, he had done well on roads.


Maduekwe recalled that the Arochukwu-Ohafia Road, which Buhari started in 1984 as a Military Head of State, was abandoned by successive administrations.


“Is it not worthy of commendation that the same Buhari has awarded the contract for the road toward its completion?


He also said that one of the three ultramodern diagnostic centers built by Buhari’s government was situated at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.


He also cited the reconstruction of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as another landmark project of Buhari’s administration in the Southeast.


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“Why can’t we appreciate the man who has done so much for us? We are not fair to the president,” Maduekwe said.


He disagreed with the allegation of lopsided appointments against the president, saying the appointments reflected federal character principle.


According to him, before Buhari’s election in 2015, between 60 percent and 70 percent of the political appointments were skewed in favour of the South-South and South-East.


“So, when he came in, he tried to create a balance and he has done this in line with the federal character principle of ensuring equity in the sharing of political offices,” Maduekwe said.


He said that Buhari had performed better than his predecessors, pointing out that “no previous administration in the country had initiated landmark infrastructural masterpieces as Buhari.”


Maduekwe also defended external borrowing by the present administration, saying: “We are not borrowing to feed.


“Whatever the president is borrowing is tied to infrastructure and projects.”


He further said that whereas Jonathan’s administration raked in 400 billion dollars, “Buhari’s administration has barely 100 billion dollars.”


Maduekwe also spoke on the nation’s film industry, his programs and policy initiatives to reposition and drive the sector to greater prosperity.


He said the nation’s music and film industry had remained the arrowhead of the entertainment industry across the globe, describing it as “the low-hanging fruit”.


“According to the report by the National Bureau of Statistics, it is the second-largest employment-generating industry, after agriculture,” he said.


Maduekwe said the corporation had set up a mobile film school and had plans to replicate it in strategic states of the federation to train upcoming artists in the film production value chain.


He also said the organization had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nestle Plc and the National Communications Commission.


He said the essence of the collaboration was to make Nigeria a film entrepreneurial hub in Africa and the world.


“My ambition is to turn our youth into a huge market because there are lots of knowledgeable people with hands-on skills.


“I also envision having Nigeria driving the film industry globally by providing hands-on training and skills to make the industry competitive.”


Maduekwe, who was born on Oct. 15, 1953, thanked God for keeping him alive, in spite of the life-threatening challenges he went through, including the Nigerian Civil War.


The medical practitioner, who was the Director, Media, in the Buhari Campaign Organisation in 2014, thanked the president for finding him fit to head the nation’s film corporation.


https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/10/18/president-buhari-not-against-igbo-presidency/

It is not true that the president does not want a president of Igbo extraction, rather he is supportive of the cause.

What a nonsense

Maduekwe also defended external borrowing by the present administration, saying: “We are not borrowing to feed.

Another nonsense

“So, when he came in, he tried to create a balance and he has done this in line with the federal character principle of ensuring equity in the sharing of political offices,” Maduekwe said.

Many many nonsense,
Just pick ur favorite nonsense

Stop fooling the ibos Mr man....


No northern man will support ibo president

Like it or not,


power is going for the SW.

Maduekwe said this during an interaction with newsmen in his Ohafia country home.

I now understand, he just want to make them happy for some hours
Politicians and their tricks

Abdul05:
Stop fooling the ibos

Even though everyone knows that this rampaging efulefu is just yapping opata, you Afonja demon is already triggered. What is your own sef? What actually is your problem!? Is the presidency of Nigeria a birthright of the fulani and the Afonja? Even the way you Tinubu Internet Urchins (TIU) are going, it's starting to look like you guys are more interested in stopping the igbos from getting to that position than in making your drug lord the President. The same way you guys fought Jonathan, a minority president tooth and nail to elect a mujahideen and have shown no remorse ever since.. . It's now a win if you make sure others lost, abi?
Ûmû ekwensu mentality everywhere....

We should celebrate Ararume’s as Chairman NNPC board?

Of what significance is that post to any Igbo person apart from Ararume himself?

How is his being there going to further our interest and well being?

DOTian:


Even though everyone knows that this rampaging efulefu is just yapping opata, you Afonja demon is already triggered. What is your own sef? What actually is your problem!? Is the presidency of Nigeria a birthright of the fulani and the Afonja? Even the way you Tinubu Internet Urchins (TIU) are going, it's starting to look like you guys are more interested in stopping the igbos from getting to that position than in making your drug lord the President. The same way you guys fought Jonathan, a minority president tooth and nail to elect a mujahideen and have shown no remorse ever since.. . It's now a win if you make sure others lost, abi?
Ûmû ekwensu mentality everywhere....

Don't be an educated fool


No northern man would want you there...

Buhari is nothing but a terrorist

Abdul05:
Don't be an educated fool


No northern man would want you there...

Ma gee




No true igbo man wants Nigerian president...
Give them BIAFRA....

Moghalu is the next president of Nigeria and we don't need Buhari's endorsement for it to happen

ADC Arise and Shine Nigeria

Staypositive:



Ma gee




No true igbo man wants Nigerian president...
Give them BIAFRA....

why don't you go for it ? Maybe, the fear of the North is haunting you

Buhari can't handover to igbo because its not a selective office. Buhari has just one vote.

Yeebow man and trash again, you mean headslammers go vote for you come 2023, walahi potopoto water dey affect these beerfraud pigs, vice president you won't get talkless of becoming president.
I think you beerfravd pigs need to get ready for another round of wailing because you go wail tire come 2023

Naijadaily:
The Director-General, Nigeria Film Corporation, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, said President Muhammadu Buhari is not averse to the emergence of his successor from the South-East geopolitical zone.


Maduekwe said this during an interaction with newsmen in his Ohafia country home.


He said it was mischievous for people to describe Buhari as a hater of the people of the Southeast, adding that the president’s political antecedent pointed to the contrary.


“It is not true that the president does not want a president of Igbo extraction, rather he is supportive of the cause.


According to him, there is no way Buhari will hate the Igbo people and in 2003 he picked late Chuba Okadigbo, an eminent Igbo man, as his presidential running mate.


“In 2007, he also selected another prominent Igbo man, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, as his running mate.


“It is possible that either of these two Igbo personalities could have succeeded him if Buhari was elected in 2003 or 2007,” he said.


Maduekwe further said that the Southeast had received a fair share of the president’s political appointments and distribution of development projects in the country with many Igbo already appointed into strategic offices by the president.


He cited the appointment of Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume (Imo) as the Chairman of, Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).


He also mentioned Mr. Ogbugo Ukoha (Abia) as the Executive Director, Distributions System, Storage and Retail Infrastructure in the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.


He asked, “Why are we not celebrating these appointments of our people by the president and stop criticizing him?


Maduekwe described the second Niger Bridge, which is nearing completion, as one of the multi-billion naira projects of the present administration.


He said although President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration conceived the project, it later became a tool for political campaigns.


“But this administration started the execution and is determined to complete and deliver the project,” he said.


He also gave kudos to the president for addressing the road infrastructure deficit in the Southeast, saying that in addition to the bridge, he had done well on roads.


Maduekwe recalled that the Arochukwu-Ohafia Road, which Buhari started in 1984 as a Military Head of State, was abandoned by successive administrations.


“Is it not worthy of commendation that the same Buhari has awarded the contract for the road toward its completion?


He also said that one of the three ultramodern diagnostic centers built by Buhari’s government was situated at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.


He also cited the reconstruction of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as another landmark project of Buhari’s administration in the Southeast.


Related NewsBuhari sends tough warning to bandits: Your days numberedColin Powell: Buhari writes BidenAppeal court sets date for suit seeking Atiku's inauguration as president


“Why can’t we appreciate the man who has done so much for us? We are not fair to the president,” Maduekwe said.


He disagreed with the allegation of lopsided appointments against the president, saying the appointments reflected federal character principle.


According to him, before Buhari’s election in 2015, between 60 percent and 70 percent of the political appointments were skewed in favour of the South-South and South-East.


“So, when he came in, he tried to create a balance and he has done this in line with the federal character principle of ensuring equity in the sharing of political offices,” Maduekwe said.


He said that Buhari had performed better than his predecessors, pointing out that “no previous administration in the country had initiated landmark infrastructural masterpieces as Buhari.”


Maduekwe also defended external borrowing by the present administration, saying: “We are not borrowing to feed.


“Whatever the president is borrowing is tied to infrastructure and projects.”


He further said that whereas Jonathan’s administration raked in 400 billion dollars, “Buhari’s administration has barely 100 billion dollars.”


Maduekwe also spoke on the nation’s film industry, his programs and policy initiatives to reposition and drive the sector to greater prosperity.


He said the nation’s music and film industry had remained the arrowhead of the entertainment industry across the globe, describing it as “the low-hanging fruit”.


“According to the report by the National Bureau of Statistics, it is the second-largest employment-generating industry, after agriculture,” he said.


Maduekwe said the corporation had set up a mobile film school and had plans to replicate it in strategic states of the federation to train upcoming artists in the film production value chain.


He also said the organization had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nestle Plc and the National Communications Commission.


He said the essence of the collaboration was to make Nigeria a film entrepreneurial hub in Africa and the world.


“My ambition is to turn our youth into a huge market because there are lots of knowledgeable people with hands-on skills.


“I also envision having Nigeria driving the film industry globally by providing hands-on training and skills to make the industry competitive.”


Maduekwe, who was born on Oct. 15, 1953, thanked God for keeping him alive, in spite of the life-threatening challenges he went through, including the Nigerian Civil War.


The medical practitioner, who was the Director, Media, in the Buhari Campaign Organisation in 2014, thanked the president for finding him fit to head the nation’s film corporation.


https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/10/18/president-buhari-not-against-igbo-presidency/

This is like saying Sheik Gumi want Biafra

Abohboy:
Moghalu is the next president of Nigeria and we don't need Buhari's endorsement for it to happen

ADC Arise and Shine Nigeria

The next President of Nigeria, Tinubu will end up in Kirikiri Maximum Prison