Former
minister for women affairs Iyom Josephine Anenih has cauitoned against
fronting former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan to take up the slot of
Igboman as president
She gave the warning
yesterday while speaking at the official launching of the Global
Movement for Igbo Presidency 2023 in Awka Anambra state capital.
According to her, Jonathan is not an Igboman but an ijawman who cannot take what belong to the Igbo race..Anineh said ,that really, they promoted Jonathan as Igboman but he is not an Igboman.
”
I heard that some people are rooting for the comeback of former
president Goodluck Jonathan to come back as a president of Igbo
extraction in Nigeria, Jonathan is not an Igboman but an ijawman. Iam
sorry iam among those who promoted him as Igboman. His name is not
Ebele but Ebelemi an ijaw name” she said.
She
stated that comes 2023,the Igbo must be president and that would be the
only thing to show justices and equity is done in the land .According
to her,the Igbo should come together and work towards producing the
next president of this country by reaching out to others.
“Whether
the Igbo like it or not ,the Igboman will be the next president of
Nigeria. Other tribes are interested in Igbo producing the next
president. Obasanjo was president without the support of the Yoruba and
Igboman can be president without full support all Igbo” she stated
Speaking
at the event the former Senator that represented Anambra Central
District Ben Obi said that Igbo alone cannot produce president of the
country without persuading others for supports .
“For
the South East geopolitical zone to actualize the ambition of producing
next president of Nigeria in 2023 ,the zone needs the supports of other
zones” he said.
According to him,if the Igbo
must get president,they must be ready take up battle as it could not
get the plump position on the plater of gold.
“Nobody
will give us president based on ethics or religious colouration.
Power is not given,it is not given on the plater of gold and for the
Igbo to get the presidency slot the major political parties must zone
their tickets to south east. Igbo must speak with one voice rather than
agitation. We must also increase our consultations with other groups to
actualise our ambition and it cannot be won on fight or blackmail but
through planed, determined and focused consultations” he said .
He urged other Nigerians to build trust and confidence in the Igboman and give them the opportunity to govern this country.
While
the former governor of Anambra state Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife said that
people from other parts of the country are now believing in the south
east producing the next president of the country.
He
also stated that when it comes to power nobody gives it freely, saying
that the Igbo must consult widely with other groups to be able to
achieve her ambition.” The Igbo are ready for the
presidency.we want a country of equal opportunity,justice and equity.
We are calling for united Nigeria based on equity and justice” he said
Ezeife also noted that there should be unity among the Igbo race and
that the story of aspirants working against a preferred candidate must
be done away with.
“I wish to remind us all,my
dear brothers and sisters that the high political power play that
characterized the making Igboman a President in Nigeria makes it
abundantly clear that no one will give you President on a platter of
gold or based on mere ethic sentiment. Power is not given neither is
power served a lat carte, but power is taken.
For us to successfully prosecute the journey to Aso Rock we must consciously pursue the programme across the zones” he said .
Bur
for the convener, Comrade Godson Azu warned that should the zone fails
to produce the next president of Nigeria the actions that would be
taken by the youths of Igbo extraction would be worst than what Nnamdi
Kanu led Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB is currently doing at the
moment..
” We are no longer going to watch the
next election elude us and we urge our elders to be united and support
us and let it be clear here that what IPOB is doing would be a child’s
play compared to what would happen if the Igbo man do not emerge as the
next president of Nigeria’ he said.
The
convener and founder of the Global Movement for Igbo Presidency 2023
Comrade Kennedy Iyere statedthat the funds for the enthronement of
Igbo President would not come from the candidate nor the South East
people.
Iyere further warned that the Igbo
people on the need to be careful in accepting a candidate imposed on
them by the enemies of Ndigbo expressing fears that they may impose an
Igbo man that would end up compromising the efforts of the zone.
National
President of the Nigerian Union Of Journalists NUJ Mr Chris Isiguzo
noted that the struggle for a President of Igbo extraction goes beyond
mere speech making, insisting that it must be backed with concerted
efforts on parts of stakeholders and the Igbo race in general.
