The Movement for Election of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction, says the South-East producing the next president is achievable if the region mobilizes Nigerians.
The national convener of the group, Vincent Ezekwueme, who made the call in Enugu on Wednesday, called on Igbo politicians to work in unity with the ambition to produce the president in 2023.
“There is no time to waste; let us start in earnest mobilizing and seeking the support, solidarity and goodwill of other people and zones in the country. Pertinently, power is not given but taken through mobilizing and influencing the majority of the citizenry to support the project,” he explained. “It will be the greatest weapon for peace, unity, tranquility, progress and prosperity, if the presidency is zoned to the South-East to assuage our long cries of marginalization.”
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According to him, major political parties should cede their presidential candidacy to the South-East in the interest of justice, equity, peace, unity, good conscience, morality “and mutual coexistence.”
The national convener urged political, religious and traditional leaders in the zone to constitute contact, mobilization and sensitisation committees to begin mobilizing other zones to support the project.
“Together, with relentless efforts of all of us and by God’s grace, we will certainly realize Nigerian president of South-East extraction at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023,” he added.