Former Senate President, Anyim Senator Pius Anyim says Igbo presidency in 2023 is an idea whose time has come.
He spoke over the weekend in a lecture at the 6th World Igbo Summit at Gregory University, Uturu, Abia state.
Anyim backed the position canvassed by several groups including Ohanaeze Ndigbo that the South-East geopolitical zone does not want out of Nigeria and should produce the president.
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said that those agitating for Igbo presidency should double their efforts.
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Anyim said, “It is my opinion that the Igbos of the south-east geo-political zone is in continuous search of a system, or if you like, a polity that guarantees and secures his social, political and economic interest based on equality of citizenship, equity and justice. I make bold to say that the Igbos of the south-east geo-political zone can find this in Nigeria.
“The journey to building an equitable society is usually challenging and rough, but many nations have arrived safely from this journey. It is, therefore, my position that those who posit restructuring have a point but should work harder to secure national consensus to make it possible.
“Also those who advocate for president of Nigeria of south-east extraction should diligently and boldly pursue it for the time has come, and the time is now. It is, therefore, my considered view that the present-day political interest of the Igbos of the south-east geo-political zone is to attain the presidency of Nigeria come 2023.”