Former Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has been
telling all who care to listen that it is time a Nigerian president of
Igbo extraction emerged. Again, Kalu has passionately reiterated that
for the country to make meaningful progress, an Igbo man should be
elected as president at the 2015 polls. He stated this even as he
dispelled insinuation that he scuttled Dr. Alex Ekwueme’s presidential
ambition in 1999.
Kalu, who is the founder of Njiko Igbo, a socio-political group
committed to the advancement of Igbo interests in the country, stated
this yesterday while speaking as guest on “Platform”, a Radio Nigeria
political programme. He said the need for a president of Igbo extraction
had become imperative because apart from the South-East, all other
zones of the country had opportunity of producing a president.
Consequently, Kalu has said that in the interest of equity and fair
play, other sections should support the emergence of an Igbo man as
president in 2015, pointing out that the Igbos were the most populous
ethnic group in the country as at today.
His words: “I am not even canvassing for Nigerian president. I am
saying that an Igbo man should be president in 2015. It matters where
the president comes from because all segments of the society had been
president. People continue letting Ndigbo down because they think we
were defeated during the war, which is not true.
“And until an Igbo man rules this country, the country will not move anywhere.”
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