2023: Only Igbo president can rebuild Northern Nigeria, Ohanaeze replies NEF

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned the leadership of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to desist from the pursuit of abnormalities capable of sinking the unity of the country on the altar of ethnicity and nepotism.

Secretary-General of the Igbo group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, gave the charge on Monday while insisting that only southern presidency from the Igbo bloc will care for the North and redeem her of maladies and poverty.

He then urged the NEF to place the survival and restructuring of the country above all other considerations.

His words: “The North should allow the rotational presidency to scale through in 2023 as attempts to thwart it will bring huge catastrophic blunders on Nigerians that will lead to the disintegration of the country, as it is obvious that the North can not afford to offer remedies and antidotes to the myriad of problems destroying the region, especially, poverty, Boko Haram insurgency, terrorism, and banditry which was the self-made Northern political weapons designed for capturing the 2015 presidency.

“It’s obvious that choice of the North is hauntingly put the nation backwards and in disaster, President Buhari’s presidency had failed the North but favors South-Western Nigeria in projects and empowerment of South-West politicians. The South-West felt marginalized in Jonathan’s presidency in appointments and political positions. They cunningly and craftily used General Muhammadu Buhari to change the status quo in the power equation in 2015 and strategically occupied sensitive positions that had today translate into landmark projects for the Yorubas, while the North is empty and stranded in insecurity challenges and poverty,” h said.

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