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Give Us The Presidential Seat In 2023, Igbo Society Begs Nigerians

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Apr 16, 2022.

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Stake holder of the Igbo Society has come out to beg Nigerians to give them the presidential seat in 2023
The stakeholders from Igbo Society says they are ready to speak to men and women from other zones on the issue in a week time

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that stakeholders from the country’s South East (Igbo) zone appealed to Nigerians, political parties, and other geopolitical zones on Friday to guarantee that the region gets the number one seat in 2023 general elections in the interest of equity, justice and fairness.

In a statement issued by their Media and Publicity Director, Collins Steve Ugwu, the stakeholders under the banner of the Greater Nigeria Conference (GNC) said they would assemble famous sons and daughters of other zones and political party chieftains on April 25 to discuss the concerns.

Those to be invited, according to Ugwu, include presidential aspirants from Southeast, governors from Southeast and Southern region; special delegation from Ohaneze Ndigbo, South West Afenifere leaders, Middle Belt Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum, Pan Niger Delta Forum amongst others.

“The initiatives for this consequential conference by the nonpartisan foundation, for a greater Nigeria, is to underscore the need for progressive good governance, equity in diversity and fairness by inclusion, in the conscience of our national politics.

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“We are determined by the eminence of the leading lights of this conference, in the persons of former governor of Enugu State, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo and Distinguished Senator Victor Umeh; both former chairmen of prominent national parties in Nigeria, as chairman and deputy chairman of the GNC organizing committee respectively, to ask Nigerians to give the Southeast region the opportunity to make history for one Nigeria,” the statement read in part.

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