2023 Presidency: Ndigbo Should Exercise Caution ― Minister | Sahara Reporters Nwajiuba also advised the people to make sure that whoever they would be presenting in the 2023 election would be accepted by every part of the country. READ MORE:
As the clamour for a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 continues to gather momentum, the Minister of State, Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has urged the South East to exercise caution in its quest or campaign for the “Igbo Presidency”. Speaking to journalists in his office, in Abuja, while reacting to the agitations for a president from the South-East extraction, the minister argued that other ethnic groups that had produced Nigeria’s president never associated it with the name of their tribes.
The minister noted that in politics, no position is ceded as a gift, noting that in 2015, the only ethnic group that did not participate in the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress was the Yoruba. “Remember that before Obasanjo won in 1999, he contested the ticket against Ekwueme. There was never a time we as Igbo did not contest in the primaries; the only thing was that we were not voted for.
“If Owelle Rochas Okorocha had defeated Buhari in the 2015 APC primary, are we going to be talking about Igbo presidency now? But what is important if the Igbo want to become president, it’s not for you to say it’s your turn.
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