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WE WILL REVEAL OUR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo

George Obiozor 

 Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo has revealed its readiness to present a candidate from the South-East  region to contest in the 2023 presidential elections.

This comes as several aspirants including Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr Dav Umahi, Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator and former governor of Abia State, Orji Ozor Kalu, former Senate President, Ayim Puis Ayim, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingley Moghalu, among others, have declared intentions to run for the exalted seat in the forthcoming presidential elections

 Prof. George Obiozor, the leader of socio-cultural, appearing on Politics Today, a Channel Television current affairs programme on Thursday noted that it will be fair for power to be rotational between the North and the South, adding that South-East deserve the chance to lead the country for the first time in the history of Nigeria. 

“Definitely, the idea of the President of Nigeria from Igboland is an idea whose time has come. It is politically and morally justifiable. As a matter of fact, it is important that at this time in the history of Nigeria, we will take reasonable decisions in order to heal the nation; give every part of the country a sense of belonging, stop the bickering and reunite the country, and reinvigorate the spirit of nationalism.

“To be candid, we in Igboland are also ready to give you candidates and presidential aspirants that are competent, nationalistic, with the capacity to perform, with evidence of what they have done and what they can do for the rest of the country.

“Indeed, we are ready and all we are asking the nation is to obey the law of rotation in our history, which has been North and South and which created the balance – a political balance that has held our country together.”

In a response why the South-East should produce the next President, George Obiozor said statistics on presidents and creation of states and local government areas as well as National Assembly have shown that the zone deserves more.



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