Politics
2023: South-East Must Present Convincing Argument to Get Presidency – Obi
- Obi added that the South-East region had compelling reasons to produce the next president of the country in 2023 but warned that the region must embrace politics of engagement and consultation, and not confrontation.
The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has said that the South-East region needed to present a convincing and engaging argument to other Nigerian regions on why it should produce the next president.
Obi who was a Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 General Elections, made his position known while featuring on Arise Television programme on Monday.
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Obi added that the South-East region had compelling reasons to produce the next president of the country in 2023 but warned that the region must embrace politics of engagement and consultation, and not confrontation.
“We need to convince the other people why it should be us. And you know we have a convincing argument for that. But it needs to be convincing. We are not going to hold a gun in their head and say you must come here.
“Politics is about engagement and consultation, and not confrontation. You consult and discuss with other people and say, ‘this is how we need to do it for us to have peaceful co-existence’.
“The decision will be done within the party. It’s not a question of my view or anybody’s view; it’s that of the party. Because even if we say it should come to the South and the party zones it to the North, there’s nothing that can be done.
“This is because these are major parties with a lot of members and stakeholders who will sit down and discuss at round tables. Politics, for me, is something you sit down at a roundtable, discuss and agree with each other,” the former governor said.
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