By Angela Atabo

A former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said the Southeast is ready to kneel down and prostrate for other parts of the country to get the presidency in 2023.

Ezeife spoke on Saturday at the United For Better Nigeria Initiative (UBNI) National Convention in Abuja.

“It is not a matter of give us president, we don’t give, you have to work for it, the Igbo does not prostrate.

“The Igbo man does not keel down, but this time, we are prepared to kneel down to every part of Nigeria, every group, every ethnic group in Nigeria, we are prepared to even prostrate because we believe in this country.”

Ezeife said that Igbo people had contributed greatly to the development of Nigeria in terms of infrastructure, intellect and business.

He therefore said that it was time to give Igbo people the chance to build Nigeria to the standard God wanted it.

Ezeife added that God created Nigeria to develop into a super power among nations, and raise respect and dignity for all blacks on earth.

He said that one of the ways to achieve the feats the nation wanted was to carry everybody along without discrimination.

“So I found Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and other groups in this place talking about the need for federal character. If you do it that way, there will be unity, if there is fairness, equity, justice, you will have unity and progress.

Also speaking at the event, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim said it is neither a right nor was it legal for the southeast to demand presidency.

Anyim, who recently declared his ambition to contest for the 2023 presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said the southeast h to persuade other regions to support their dream if they would produce the next Nigeria’s president.

“Is it right for the Southeast to produce the next president?, my answer is legally no, and the reason is that the constitution is clear, the constitution says every Nigerian of 40 years is entitled to aspire for that office.

“On the other side, morally is it right? is it an entitlement? I will say yes because the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution encourages rotation.

“The reason I have to make this clarification is that when the right you have is not legal, the only approach and the instrument you have is persuasion.

“So the approach, the language will be to persuade others to see reason with you that morally they should support you to take a turn since it rotates.”

Anyim therefore encouraged the Southeast that as they go ahead with the movement of advocating for a president, it should be with an altitude persuasion.

The Guest Speaker, Prof. Mutiullahi Olasupo, who is the Director of Institute for Peace Leadership and Development Studies, University of Abuja, said that it was right for the southeast to produce the next president in the interest of peace and natural law of justice.

He said it was imperative for all Nigerians to exclusively resolve that the presidency in 2023 should go to the southeast.

He said that the same mechanism that produced former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, should also repeat itself by 2023, to produce a president from the south east.

“Out of all the six geo-political zones in this country, it is only the southeast that has not produced the president in this country.

“Does that mean that the south east is not being recognized as a geopolitical zone in Nigeria?” he asked. (NAN)

Mrs Nkolika Mkparu ,Coordinator-General, UBNI, said that there was a feeling of political marginalisation after over a century (by 2023) the Southeast region is yet to produce a president.

Mkparu said that UBNI, a non-partisan political advocacy group, which had been involved in enlightenment for a united Nigeria deemed it fit to beam searchlight on the issue.

She said that in achieving this political balance, the support from the Southeast region alone would not suffice, therefore there is the need to appeal to other regions to support it.

“The truth of the matter is that our strongest strengths are from the north, our great leaders are from the north, so we are working with the whole nation with the understanding that inclusiveness is what will lead Nigeria to a better future.

“Inclusiveness that will bring us together in one union is what will bring our country together.

“Nigeria is huge enough for everybody, Nigeria has the capacity to hold everybody, Nigeria has the intellectuals, Nigeria has all it takes to lift the county, all we are asking for is to give the southeast also a chance to lead.

“All the other parts have tried, south south has tried, north has tried, west has tried since over 50 years now, so we are hoping that we should be allowed to try.”

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/12/04/2023-southeast-ready-to-kneel-prostrate-to-get-presidency-ezeife/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

omoalaro:


“It is not a matter of give us president, we don’t give, you have to work for it, the Igbo does not prostrate.

“The Igbo man does not keel down, but this time, we are prepared to kneel down to every part of Nigeria, every group, every ethnic group in Nigeria, we are prepared to even prostrate because we believe in this country.”

If the Igbo man does not kneel down, if the Igbo man does not prostrate then what do you call this?

I thought they said they don't kneel nor prostrate for anybody but God?
They speak with both sides of their mouths, very confused set of people
Yesterday, it was Biafra or nothing,
Today, it is 2023 presidency,
Tomorrow, it is restructuring.

I still don't get it.
How will Igbo presidency lead to the defeat of Bokoharam?

Is that not desperation?

Good


But know this


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Amala and Ewedu propaganda at work again, owomida minions in the media manufacturing these lies for the cocaine trafficker need to stop spreading fake news.

Ezeife has said we are ready to kneel and prostrate to get the presidency...

I hope zombies don’t come here to insult their generation because he said we are ready to prostrate.

Las las, I see a repeat of 1999 where Igbo men would be the candidates of the two major parties.

I just hope Tinubu urchins won’t consume Rataki

nairavsdollars:
Is that not desperation?

maybe but nobody sent him. So he has the right to be desprate

SEE THEIR FACES. THE IGBOS ARE DESPERATE FOR PRESIDENCY. THERE'S SERIOUS DANGER TO WATCH FOR IN ANY DESPERATION.

introduction of abeg and prostrating policy into Nigeria democratic system of government... By the igbo

Omo. Igbos, Dem go use this one drag us oh.


We don't kneel down to anyone except our personal chi. He's old so forgive him

This is a welcome development rather than threatening every other section of the country to cede 2023 presidency to Ibos!
But let them kneel down and beg the PDP where they have been depositing their savings and eggs.
This is coming too late, no serious political party that wants to win presidency would dare give it to an Ibo candidate for now, i don't know in the nearest future!

Igbo desperation on this Presidency of a thing is highly suspicious as to what agenda they really want to use the Igbo presidency to achieve for themselves. You guys are having your Biafra instead of Presidency...Shameless old Igbos..

It is the desperados like Ezeife and his ilks that are ready to kneel.Nigerian presidency has never done any region or the country any good.The fight should be towards correcting the many injustice & imbalance in the foundation of this failed country.

Trash
We no go give una. 5% can never be President of this great Country. We will never allow that to happen.

What a confused set of people, even if you prostrate or kneel for we your masters, vp you won't get talkless of becoming president of a country you jokers called a zoo, never will an inconsequential 5% rule this country
Even a cow has more chances of becoming president than you guys, nothing can stop yoruba man from becoming president come 2023, we are ready and with God by our side yoruba man go contest and win insha allah.

Racoon:
It is the desperados like Ezeife and his ilks that are ready to kneel.Nigerian presidency has never done any region or the country any good.The fight should be towards correcting the many injustice & imbalance in the foundation of this failed country.

Kneel how many times. Go North and see how their leaders are begging Northerners to allow them be President come 2023. It's no longer news.

Hehehheee

Beggars.

Presidency will never be zoned to your village. You have to fight for it. Presidency was not zoned to Obasanjo, that was why Alex Ekwueme and Abubakar Rimi contested against him. Presidency was not zoned to Goatluck Jonaddaft, that was why Buhari, Nuhu Ribadu and others contested against him.

So, Presidency will never be zoned to Igbos. Come out and contest. Bring out your candidate and be ready to face the Yoruba consensus candidate

Political almajeris.

They should go and continue supporting Igbos who go about killing innocent Igbos and hurting their businesses in the South East. That's how they will get the president so they said. .

Moferere:
I thought they said they don't kneel nor prostrate for anybody but God?
They speak with both sides of their mouths, very confused set of people
Yesterday, it was Biafra or nothing,
Today, it is 2023 presidency,
Tomorrow, it is restructuring.

The same people who said they don't need the presidency because they're rich.

The confusion is something else

It won't work !!!

It will never ever work !!!

Never ever will it work !!!

It can never work !!!

It's not going to work !!!!

It's not possible !!!

It's impossible !!!

The possibility is not rare, it's not there.

Politicians are the same everywhere.

The southeastern people don't give a flying fvck about the presidency.

Nonsense and ingredient

Igbos don’t beg for their God given right.

Enough said already from these people wey no fit help

Karlovych:
Amala and Ewedu propaganda at work again, owomida minions in the media manufacturing these lies for the cocaine trafficker need to stop spreading fake news.

Point out the fake news or your own post becomes the fake news

Shameless people, they are ever ready to beg their Fulani masters. Igbos will abuse and curse Fulanis in public, but will prostrate and beg them in private.

They're getting really desperate.

You don't beg to get power.