VON DG To Ohanaeze Ndigbo: Wait Till 2023 For Igbo President

The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has appealed to Ohaneze Ndigbo to work towards plucking the low hanging fruit, which is president of Nigeria of Igbo extraction in 2023, than chase elusive theorems.

Reacting to the Communiqué of the Ohaneze Restructuring Summit held in Awka, Anambra State on Monday, Okechukwu, while commending the organizers of the Summit, called for pragmatism, if truly they are working for the collective interest of Ndigbo.

The VON DG, who reacted in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday, observed that the Summit neither addressed the issue of Igbo presidency in 2023 nor commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts at revamping dilapidated infrastructure in the South East geopolitical zone.

He appealed to Ohaneze to stop squandering the golden opportunity of the South East to harvest the Zoning Convention between the North and South, by pontification and platitudes.

Dismissing the less than democratic 6 years tenure Ohaneze recommended, he said, “Methinks that pragmatism should be for Ohaneze to appeal to our people to work towards the low hanging fruit. One, the truism is that 4 years tenure renewable by peoples vote blends squarely into the fine tenets of democracy, which allows a referendum on the incumbent. In other words the 4 years incumbent is aware that he can be voted out and works hard to please the electorate; unlike the single 6 year tenure which entrenches corruption and do or die apocalypse.

“Secondly, the President of Nigeria of Igbo extraction in 2023 will assuage the lamentation of marginalisation and return Ndigbo into the mainstream.”

Asked what he means by low hanging fruit, Okechukwu replied: “Am at a loss that in a Summit of such magnitude spiced with brilliant personalities like President General of Ohaneze, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, Professor C.C. Soludo et al, no mention was made of the golden opportunity open to Ndigbo to harvest from the Zoning Convention between the North and South.