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2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:DR ANAKWENZE DECLARES, SAYS FOR EQUITY, ITS SOUTH EAST’S TURN, IN THE ABSENCE OF A TRULY FEDERAL CONSTITUTION



Enugu: Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, President, Igbo World Assembly, IWA formally declared his intention to contest the 2023 Presidential Election under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday in Enugu.

Dr Anakwenze, a medical doctor of international repute announced his ambition while addressing Igbo stakeholders and his supporters at a town hall meeting held at Hotel Codial, New Haven, Enugu.

According to him, “It is the turn of the South-East to produce the next Nigerian President

“We insist that it would be unjustifiable and insensitive for the North to retain power in 2023”

He also asserted that for equity and fairness, rotational presidency was needed, at this level of Nigeria’s development since the country is being presently run on a “centralized Federal constitution”

The Presidential aspirant, who is the ‘Onowu’ traditional prime Minister of his hometown, Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State informed the expectant crowd that he was billed to purchase the PDP presidential nomination form on Friday, March 25 at Abuja.

He insisted it is the turn of the South East zone of the country to produce the president of Nigeria in 2023,based on the rotation principle which has previously favoured South West and the South South zones, since 1999 the power sharing with the North started.

He said he will bank on his experience and exposure to turn around the economy of Nigeria within a period of fifteen years stating Nigeria has both the human and materials to be among the first ten leading economy min the globe but bad leadership and corruption.

He stated, “Nigeria is huge enough for everybody Nigeria has the capacity to hold every body. Nigeria has .the intellectuals. Nigeria has all it takes to lift the county, all we are saying is to give the South East zone a chance to lead and rise Nigeria, Africa in the world standing”.

Elaborating further on his manifesto captioned, Hope For Nigeria, Anakwenze promised to focus, on Youth development, if elected as president of Nigeria in 2023.

“I will devote over thirty five percent of the nation’s economy in training Nigerian Youths on skill acquisition and thereafter give them loans to purchase equipment to develop their businesses before paying back.

He also pledged to develop the Agricultural sector, revamping groundnuts and palm plantations across the North and Southern divides of the country.

He, however, pledged to fight corruption in Nigeria seriously without let or hindrance, “As President, I shall build new correctional facilities across the country where those found guilty of corruption shall be locked up for life.

“In the United States, there is little incentive for corruption, knowing that you will most likely be caught and jailed”

Earlier in his speech, Elder Barr Oyibo Chukwu, a former National Legal Adviser of Ohanaeze Ndigbo commended Dr Anakwenze who described as “a patriot and a Presidential material”. He also reiterated that it was not just the turn of Southern Nigeria but that it was specifically the turn of the South-East.

He advised Ndigbo from other geo-political zones to “wait for the turn of their zone” Buttressing his point, he stated that the Fulani from different geo-political zones contested the presidency, based on their zones.

In his own testimony, Dr Joe Nwaorgu, former Ohanaeze Secretary General extolled Anakwenze’s outstanding leadership qualities

“Since last year’s Ohanaeze Ndigbo national election which I boycotted, I have never been in any public function but I’m here today since “A friend in need is a friend in deed””

He went on to stress that he had known Anakwenze for over thirty years and that he “has never and will never betray Ndigbo”

Representatives of other groups at the event equally eulogized the man, who they all pledged to support based on his intimidating resumè.

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