A Group which goes by the name The Movement For The Actualization Of Nigerian President Of Igbo Extraction, MANPIE, has barred every Igbo man/woman from aspiring to the office of the Vice President in 2023.
MANPIE is a new Association which main focus is to see an Igbo occupy the office of the President in 2023. It says it is, by so doing that so that the Igbo will have a sense of belonging in Nigeria. If the South-south and the South-west can aspire to the office of the President, so can the South-east, MANPIE insists.
Not a few people from the South-east insist that if Nigeria is a country of justice and equity and fairness, then somebody of Igbo extraction should be the President of Nigeria in 2023. Every other zone has had their son occupy the office, except the South-east. The people think it is deliberate marginalization.That Nigeria deliberately kept the South-east off the radar of the Presidential seat. That is what MANPIE is all about, and has, therefore, barred any Igbo from aspiring to the office of the Vice President, or the coordinator to any Presidential candidate from another zone.
Sylvester Unuero, MANPIE’s South-east Chairman, in an address he presented at the launch said a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023 will be an affirmation that the Igbo belong to Nigeria just like other tribes. He said that with one voice, the Igbo can achieve that.
His words: “Ndigbo only need to get their acts together for an Igbo to emerge as President of Nigeria in 2023. The arc of the universe is long but it always bends towards justice. Ndigbo are the major ethnic group in Nigeria yet to produce a President.
“And so, if we go forth with this faith and this determination to achieve the Presidency of Nigeria in 2023, Ndigbo will usher in a new day and a new Nigeria
“When that day comes, the fears of insecurity, marginalization and doubts clouding Nigeria’s future will be transformed into confidence and excitement that Nigeria will accomplish creative goals.”
On how the Group intends to enforce the campaign, the Chairman said: “The campaign will be mounted in open spaces of the land, in the public domains, in the mainstream media, and the internet. It will have nothing to hide.
“This campaign solicits the support of all Nigerians who believe in equality of all people, in fairness and social justice.
“It demands the attention of all our patriots who subscribe to the principle of equal access to opportunities including power. The project calls for an understanding of conscience and refined sensibility who are unfettered by the prejudices of our past unencumbered by illogical myths and legends.
MANPIE reassured Igbo sons to hang in there. It said:” Today, MANPIE says to Igbo sons and daughters be not afraid, shun seeking for Vice President and Coordinator positions and run for the President. If the South-west/ South-south emerged from the Presidential contest, why can’t an Igbo man emerge in 2023? So, today we are saying that no Igbo man should run for Vice President in any political party.”
Till date, only former Senate President/ Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, has declared an interest in the office of the President under the PDP. The other person is Sam Ohuabunwa, a Pharmacist and former NIEMETH boss.
Nobody knows yet under which party he plans to run. As it is, the APC seems to be tilting towards the South-west.
The two main parties are the PDP and the APC.
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