Members of One-On-One Nigeria, a political group in the South-East said as part of efforts to secure Igbo presidency in 2023, they are sensitizing Ndigbo to support the reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 as his remaining four years is better than eight years of a new president.
The national leader of One-on-One Nigeria, Chido Obidiegwu stated this on Monday at NUJ Press Center, Awka during a World Press Conference in honour of president Buhari's 76th Birthday. He lamented that the Igbos were considered as outcast by successive military and civilian governments after the Civil War despite the declaration of "No Victor No Vanquish" by the former Head of State, General Gowon.
“General Gowon and successive military heads of state – Olusegun Obasanjo and Murtala Mohammed did little to address the anomaly. Government Policies of those years were seen to be geared towards furtherance of the strangulation of the Igbos.”
“President Buhari in his magnanimity began serious work on the long abandoned 2nd Niger Bridge, the long abandoned Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Zik`s Mausoleum, Ariaaria Market Independent Power Project, Aba etc. These, among other projects yearned for over 16 years now and could only be realized under President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“These and other national socio-economic and political interventions have also endeared him to well meaning compatriots, hence the tacit support by One-on-One Nigeria for president Buhari`s 2nd Term and as a vehicle of achieving Igbo Presidency come 2023”, he added.
