- …Okays Igbo presidency as ideal in 2023
Ahead of the 2023, general election in Nigeria, a former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who is the current Chief Whip of Nigeria Senate has been picked by a political pressure group called Grassroots Mobilizers Association Of Northern Nigeria (GMANN) as the best choice to replace the incumbent President Mohammadu Buhari as President of Nigeria when Buhari’s elapses in 2023.
The group also expressed their total support for the Southeast geopolitical zone to produce the successor of President Buhari in 2023 hence their choice of Orji Uzor Kalu from the Southeast as according to them “Igbo Presidency is ideal for 2023 because it will bring about political stability needed to entrench peaceful coexistence among all the inhabitants of our great nation”
Converner and National Chairman of the group Alhaji Muritala Mohammed alias Ten Ten who spoke to journalists in a press conference addressed in Abuja explained that GMANN picked Kalu for the top position at Aso Rock Villa because he has all it takes to pilot the affairs of Nigeria as regards the ability to manage the resources of our great nation into 21st century economy considering his profile as a global figure being an international businessman, a two term State governor and a Senator.
Alhaji Ten Ten went further to say that the Senate Chief Whip who is representing Abia North in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly made the choice of GMANN because he holds the ace as a democrat, a fighter of the people and detribalised Nigeria from the Southeast who is popular and acceptable both to the people in all parts of the country and to the international community.
The GMANN convener who is a well known mobilizer in parts of the North expressed the prepararedness of the group to work in collaboration with others groups across the length and breath of Nigeria for Kalu adding that the group has already rooted its structures across wards and villages all over the Northern regions.
He added “We have made our checks and picked Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the one who is much better to take over from President Buhari in 2023 because he has the exposure, experience and capacity to unite the people, reposition our future with adequate management of our goods and services and transform our great nation into a safe, secured place of abode and a prosperous 21st century economy”
