- The people of the southeast have been urged to cast their ballots for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections
- The minister of science and technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, made the call on Sunday, December 30
- Onu says Nigeria's president of Igbo extraction in 2023 can only be achieved under an All Progressives Congress-led government
As the 2019 general elections draw nearer, the minister of science and technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on Ndigbo to support the re-election bid of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari.
The minister made the call on Sunday, December 30, adding that it is important for southeast to support Buhari for a second term in order to have a better chance of producing president in 2023, The Cable reports.
Legit.ng gathers that Ogbonnaya spoke at a stakeholders meeting held at his country home in Uburu, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state.
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According to him, Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction in 2023 can only be achieved under an All Progressives Congress-led government.
He said: “It is important to point out that south-east remains the only geo-political zone that is yet to produce an elected president of Nigeria and this is what everybody is aware of.
“The north-east, through the Prime Minister, Tafawa Belewa, north-west, south-west, south-south and north-central have all produced Nigeria’s president at different times with the exception of the south-east.
“The zone stands a better chance to bargain for the slot and only under APC can this arrangement be possible.
“We must therefore support the president for a second term in order to have a better chance of producing the next Nigeria president of Igbo origin.”
He said the president deserves re-election because of his achievements since coming to power in 2015.
Onu said: “The administration, through a relentless war against graft, has reduced corruption and ensured transparency in governance.
“The government has engaged the Boko Haram insurgents and has reclaimed 18 local government areas previously annexed by the insurgents in Borno and Yobe states.
“The government has improved the ease of doing business and made the country a hub for foreign investments.
“The Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, which were abandoned for over 16 years, are nearing completion, while work on the Second Niger Bridge has commenced.
“The Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, in Abia, has been equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment to stem medical tourism.
“The establishment of automobile industrial hub to serve as industrial park at Nnewi, in Anambara, and those located between Abia and Rivers boundaries are all part of the achievements of the Buhari-led administration.”
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Legit.ng previously reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) said that President Muhammadu Buhari would receive a lot of votes from Igbo in 2019 due to the numerous projects he had carried out in the southeast region.
The national publicity secretary of the APC, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said despite President Buhari getting fewer votes in the region, he had embarked on series of projects there.
He stated that the visit of southeast governors to the president where they showed appreciation to him and begged him to do more for the region showed the prospect of support he would get from the region.
Issa-Onilu said: “The southeast governors recently visited the president. They said they want to thank him for what he has done in the region and they are asking for more. We have a president that is not discriminatory when it comes to delivery of the gains of democracy to Nigerians."
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