Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has stated the consequences that would follow should
the South-East vote against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Ngige said the Igbos could
miss the opportunity to produce the president of the country in 2023 if they
fail to support the president.
Ngige, speaking with
reporters in Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on
Sunday, said Igbos have the chance to take over from Buhari in 2023 only if
they play their cards right in the 2019 general elections.
Ngige stressed that
President Buhari’s reelection was the South-East’s shortest route to the
presidency.
He said, “This man (Buhari)
has only one term (four years) to do and go home, and an Igboman will replace
him. But if you leave this shortest route and take a gamble, you are on your
own.
“If Igbo refuse to play
their cards right in next year’s general elections, the South-West will take
away the chance from them.
“They will produce the next
president after Buhari, because the zone has shown demonstrable commitment to
Buhari’s cause.
“My good friend Babatunde
Fashola has blown the whistle. What he said should be a warning signal to the
Igbo, because you can’t stop the South-West from producing the next president
of the country after supporting Buhari and the APC government.
“That is why I’m telling
our people now to come out en masse in next year’s election and vote for
Buhari, so that nothing will stop you from succeeding him in 2023.”
He further described the
vice-presidential slot given to the Igbo by the Peoples Democratic Party as a
“mere spare tyre that might be used for over six years”.
The South-East zone has
failed in their bid to have one of their own as the leader of the country since
the return of democratic rule in 1999.
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