AHEAD of the 2019 general elections, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, has advised Igbo electorate to vote for a presidential candidate with Igbo interest, irrespective of party affiliation, saying it will be a prelude for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023.
Chief Nwodo who said the Ohanaeze Ndigbo which is the apex body of Igbo socio-cultural association is not partisan but meant to project and promote Igbo values, added that the presidential candidate with Igbo interest would also reach a truce with the Igbo nation that he or she will only serve for one tenure so as to avail the nation the opportunity of producing a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023.

While responding to questions from newsmen on contemporary developments in the nation’s body polity at a reception organized in his honour by the Enugu State Chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nwodo who just returned from United States of America [USA] where he had gone to inaugurate the North Carolina chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said the pan-Igbo group would take deep look into manifestos and programmes of candidates in 2019 presidential poll.

Reacting to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Nwodo said that Alhaji Atiku like most other prominent Nigerian politicians is free to join any political party of his choice and decamp whenever he wishes.
The Ohanaeze President General who pleaded to be left alone from discussing politics, however, stressed, “Whoever wants to be president will assure us that he will not stay in office more than one tenure. Igbo will get presidency in 2023. This neglect will be worked out. We will look at who will protect the interest of Ndigbo” Nwodo, however, decried the current neglect of Ndigbo under the current administration, frowning at the poor state of facilities at the Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu.
“The runway is despicable. The terminal building is abandoned. The other one at the domestic wing has been carried by a hurricane. To disembark from the international wing took us two hours” Nwodo said.

The former Minister for Information also condemned the punishment that Igbo were subjected to at the airport by Immigration and Customs officials who extort money from travellers.
He lamented that the security operatives subject Igbo to inhuman treatment, stressing that people who had personal effects were asked to open their boxes, whereas nobody does such in other international airports in Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Kaduna.

Describing the neglect at the airport as ‘shattering’, Nwodo said it beats his imagination why a government should neglect an entire geo-political zone.

Earlier, the Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State Chapter, Chief Alex Ogbonna, described Nwodo’s leadership as an unprecedented in the history of Ndigbo, saying for the first time, the President-general of the Igbo union has been promoting handshake, not only across the Niger but South-South, Niger Delta and South-West zones.

On perceived Ndigbo marginalization, Chief Ogbonna, explained that Ndigbo operates a communal system, stating that Ohanaeze intends to leverage on it by promoting “think home” philosophy so that Ndigbo will re-organize themselves and do things for themselves.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/ohanaeze-ndigbo-moves-for-igbo-presidency-in-2023/?amp_markup=1&__twitter_impression=true

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Describing the neglect at the airport as ‘shattering’, Nwodo said it beats his imagination why a government should neglect an entire geo-political zone.

Buhari king in the North!!!

If Igbo wants presidency in 2023, they had better play their cards right. Vote for Buhari and endure with him till his second term ends. So that Igbo will have their turn in 2023.

edoman2016:
If Igbo wants presidency in 2023, they had better play their cards right. Vote for Buhari and endure with him till his second term ends. So that Igbo will have their turn in 2023.

They are already celebrating Secondus. That is their president jare.

lolz.... Afonjas and Abokis be looking at them like...

Igbo Presidency is not a given. It depends largely on how you play your cards.

1. Support PMB for second term and negotiate with him and Tinubu now to get the slot in 2023. PMB wins, support his government and fiam, you have the presidency in 2023 with the support of SW and PMB's massive North.

2. Remain stubborn and adamant now and support Atiku in 2019. Lose the election in 2019 (as sure as tomorrow) and kiss your chance in 2023 goodbye. then, watch another Afonja stroll to the presidency in 2023 with the support of ever reliable PMB's cult following in the North.

It's not sentiment or anything. It's called "Political Game of the Throne".

maclatunji:


They are already celebrating Secondus. That is their president jare.

We would get VP and 2023....that's how samrt we are then we would get party president

Okupe urged aggrieved parties like Chief Olabode George, who pulled out of the race on Friday, not to blame Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, who is backing a candidate from the south-south, Uche Secondus.

Okupe, in an article titled 'Yoruba and National politics', stated that the South-west candidates could have agreed among themselves to bring out a consensus candidate in order to achieve their goal but did not. He wrote;

I read about the withdrawal of chief Bode George from the PDP chairmanship race and i was greatly saddened.

Right from the time of the late sage chief obafemi awolowo till date, the Yoruba race have never truly gotten it right politically at the National level.

The only success we ever recorded politically at the Federal level was the victory of obasanjo at the Presidential polls in 1999.
Ironically it did not have the input of the Yoruba in it, and vintage Yoruba's poor political judgement, the offer of this unprecedented national "gift" (concession) following the unjustifiable denial of MKO Abiola's mandate and unfortunate death was randomly rejected throughout the Yoruba nation.

Throughout history Yorubas are only able to view national politics from only their own perspective always expecting the other nationalities to appreciate their innate and exemplary qualities and accept same as basis for favouring them (Yoruba) in a competitive situation not withstanding the interests and desires of other nationalities.

Truly wether the Yorubas are deserving of the national chairmanship of the pdp is neither here or there.
What exactly is the use of the post of the national chairman when the presidential candidate will be elected a little after 6months. Once the Presidential candidate emerges, the national chairman becomes his senior special assistance fir political administrstion. whatever power he weilds is directly dependent on the grace and benevolence of the candidate and the president if he wins. (see oyegun for reference)

It is quite curious to me that the North has gotten the President and the east the vice president without any struggle or sweat and the Yorubas are killing themselves and begging for a post whose relevance is short lived and will require the goodwill and kindness of a soon to be elected presidential candidate to have any leverage on future political and government appointments .

So what is the logic behind putting some of our bests in a race with little or no benefit for the zone and one that we are obviously disadvantaged to run ab initio?

And if we can actually resign at the 11th hour why did we not seat down, at the early stages and agree for one person to go for it while all others step down and back him with our collective resolve and resources? if indeed this was not all a personal championship race for the candidates and not a struggle on behalf of or for the interest of the Yoruba in the pdp.

And if we really wanted to play politics, we could have approached the northwest zone and make a deal money, which none of the yoruba aspirants has, cannot buy.

the northwest is as desperate for the presidency as we are for the chairmanship. We present them with one candidate and agree to back them in the Presidential primaries which is currently being dominated by Atiku from the north east, presently.

Obviously " the fault is in us not in our stars".
We cannot blame or demonize Wike or Secundus or even criminalise the process because of our lack of the much needed political sagacity to achieve our set goal.
The lesson from history and all of this is that we Yorubas, as a foremost race in this country cannot achieve much politically relying on sentiments or goodwill of others. we need to be coldly calculative and strategic in the pursuits of our political goals and objectives.

https://politicsngr.com/2017/12/09/chairmanship-dont-blame-wike-secondus-okupe-tells-bode-george-others/

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IkpuMmadu:


We would get VP and 2023....that's how samrt we are then we would get party president

Okupe urged aggrieved parties like Chief Olabode George, who pulled out of the race on Friday, not to blame Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, who is backing a candidate from the south-south, Uche Secondus.

Okupe, in an article titled 'Yoruba and National politics', stated that the South-west candidates could have agreed among themselves to bring out a consensus candidate in order to achieve their goal but did not. He wrote;

I read about the withdrawal of chief Bode George from the PDP chairmanship race and i was greatly saddened.

Right from the time of the late sage chief obafemi awolowo till date, the Yoruba race have never truly gotten it right politically at the National level.

The only success we ever recorded politically at the Federal level was the victory of obasanjo at the Presidential polls in 1999.
Ironically it did not have the input of the Yoruba in it, and vintage Yoruba's poor political judgement, the offer of this unprecedented national "gift" (concession) following the unjustifiable denial of MKO Abiola's mandate and unfortunate death was randomly rejected throughout the Yoruba nation.

Throughout history Yorubas are only able to view national politics from only their own perspective always expecting the other nationalities to appreciate their innate and exemplary qualities and accept same as basis for favouring them (Yoruba) in a competitive situation not withstanding the interests and desires of other nationalities.

Truly wether the Yorubas are deserving of the national chairmanship of the pdp is neither here or there.
What exactly is the use of the post of the national chairman when the presidential candidate will be elected a little after 6months. Once the Presidential candidate emerges, the national chairman becomes his senior special assistance fir political administrstion. whatever power he weilds is directly dependent on the grace and benevolence of the candidate and the president if he wins. (see oyegun for reference)

It is quite curious to me that the North has gotten the President and the east the vice president without any struggle or sweat and the Yorubas are killing themselves and begging for a post whose relevance is short lived and will require the goodwill and kindness of a soon to be elected presidential candidate to have any leverage on future political and government appointments .

So what is the logic behind putting some of our bests in a race with little or no benefit for the zone and one that we are obviously disadvantaged to run ab initio?

And if we can actually resign at the 11th hour why did we not seat down, at the early stages and agree for one person to go for it while all others step down and back him with our collective resolve and resources? if indeed this was not all a personal championship race for the candidates and not a struggle on behalf of or for the interest of the Yoruba in the pdp.

And if we really wanted to play politics, we could have approached the northwest zone and make a deal money, which none of the yoruba aspirants has, cannot buy.

the northwest is as desperate for the presidency as we are for the chairmanship. We present them with one candidate and agree to back them in the Presidential primaries which is currently being dominated by Atiku from the north east, presently.

Obviously " the fault is in us not in our stars".
We cannot blame or demonize Wike or Secundus or even criminalise the process because of our lack of the much needed political sagacity to achieve our set goal.
The lesson from history and all of this is that we Yorubas, as a foremost race in this country cannot achieve much politically relying on sentiments or goodwill of others. we need to be coldly calculative and strategic in the pursuits of our political goals and objectives.

https://politicsngr.com/2017/12/09/chairmanship-dont-blame-wike-secondus-okupe-tells-bode-george-others/

Bros. This your K-leg analysis will not deliver an Igbo presidency. In fact, Uche Secondus is like taking the PDP to the level of APGA. It is likely to lose more states in the coming months and years. Only politicians with pending criminal cases will insist on clinging on to it because they believe it is their get out of jail card.

Do you guys really think that if a PDP candidate emerges in 2019, he will refuse to run for a second term in 2023?

Meanwhile, you guys are nowhere in the APC. Governor Rochas that is trying to bring you mainstream, you are throwing stones at (even if he is not helping matters with his actions).

Now the South South is in play for APC

I see no reason Buhari shouldnt win Edo and at least 1 or 2 more South South states

raumdeuter:
Now the South South is in play for APC

I see no reason Buhari shouldnt win Edo and at least 1 or 2 more South South states

Cross River, Ebonyi State will be interesting to watch.

edoman2016:
If Igbo wants presidency in 2023, they had better play their cards right. Vote for Buhari and endure with him till his second term ends. So that Igbo will have their turn in 2023.

Seriously, i wonder how these chest beaters play politics, i so much detest Buhari's incompetence but for political considerations i'm willing to "endure" till 2023 so power can revert back to North. If Atiku wins it is another 8years for North.

Buhari is the surest way for Igbo presidency right now.