Osita Chidoka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOsita Chidoka, former Aviation Minister, has said that handing 2023 Presidency to the South East, come 2023, would avert to serious political crisis in the country.<\/p>\n
Chidoka, also the former Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, said 2023 South-East Presidency would guarantee the unity, cohesion and political stability of the country.<\/p>\n
Chidoka said this while reviewing a book by First Republic minister, Mbazulike Amechi \u201cA Political History of Modern Nigeria: Words and Thoughts of Mbazulike Amechi\u201d.<\/p>\n
He therefore urged the geopolitical zones, and the two major parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, to respect the zoning tradition and zone the 2023 Presidency to the South-East.<\/p>\n
Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong>PDP To Begin Search For 2023 Presidential Candidate: BoT Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\nIn a statement signed by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Okafor, Chidoka said: \u201cI crave your indulgence to use the words of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, used in an advertorial where they warned President (Goodluck) Jonathan not to contest the 2011 election, to sound a note of warning that, \u201cIf the country\u2019s two major political parties do not continue in the tradition of the agreed rotation, they will undermine the peace and tranquillity of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Failure to incorporate the South East in the 2023 calculations will be ill-conceived, ill-advised, and definitely divisive\u201d.<\/p>\n
He explained further that using perceived strength to alienate Ndigbo in 2023, \u201cwould open old wounds of primitive politics where ethnic, sectional, religious and other primordial, undesirable sentiments will assume centre-stage with attendant unpleasant consequences\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that, \u201cElectoral results show that the South-East is ethnically blind when it comes to voting. This voting pattern is the ultimate proof of the cosmopolitan ethos of Ndigbo.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Presidential elections, South-East votes have been cast on a largely ideological basis in support of inclusion, rule of law, freedom, democracy and open markets. It is time for the country to take note of these salient points, drop their unfounded distrust of Ndigbo, and fight to enthrone the politics of live-and-let-live.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also important to note that on January 12, 2020, it will be 50 years after the civil war. The generations born during and after the civil war are now in their 50s, free from the prejudices of our chequered past, hopeful of a new paradigm of equal opportunities and conscious of global trends. That new generation provides a new opportunity which if lost, will be at great cost to Nigeria,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He further urged northern political leaders \u201cto recalibrate their position on the rest of Nigeria as this winner-take-all mentality may neither be sustainable nor enduring\u201d.<\/p>\n
To the southeast, he said; \u201cLet us not sit and wait for \u201crestructuring\u201d or \u201cIgbo Presidency\u201d. The political class of the South-East should be bold, creative and constructive in affirming our right to the highest office in Nigeria or in the continuous alteration of the constitution to reflect the region\u2019s strategic interest. \u201d<\/p>\n
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