The 2023 Presidential elections, though about 3 years away, has caused an uproar within the political sector of the Country. The battle of who the next president will be and what tribe he will emerge from.
TheCable has reported the statement made by a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, who has said that “the emergence of Nigeria’s President from the South-East in 2023 is a right and not a privilege.”
According to Vatsa, formal Niger State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, patriotic Nigerians, regardless of perculiarity must backup a Presidential Candidate from South-East.
The report quoted him to have said;
“If Nigerians have conscience, equity and justice demand that they should allow the Igbo to produce the next President in 2023.
“I am convinced that the Igbo have made their consultations from the North, South and the majority of them are in support of a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.”
According to theCable, “He expressed displeasure that some politicians from the North had called for the cancelation of rotational presidency between the North and South for what they termed meritocracy.”
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Vatsa, condemning the Arewa agitation for power to remain in the north, said “A lot of Arewa officials have been speaking that power should remain in the North as if it is their birthright; Nigeria belong to all of us and it is bigger than what we think it is. In the spirit of fairness, if we really want to be together, the Igbo should be given a chance in 2023.
“Apart from the time of Dr Nnamdi Azikwe and General Aguiyi Ironsi, we have never had Igbo President; so the Igbo should rise up and take what is due to them. The northerners are ready to support them and I am calling on the Igbo to speak with one voice if they must win in 2023. They must come together and forget their differences.”
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