Buhari At 76: Igbo Group Drums Support For Buhari`s Re-Election (Photos)

Buhari @ 76: Igbo Group Drums Support For Buhari`s Re-election

An
independent network of Ndi Igbo, One-On-One Nigeria determined to
achieve Igbo Presidency by returning president Muhammadu Buhari for
second term has reiterated their commitment to achieve their objective
through massive awareness campaign to convince Ndi Igbo that four years
of president Buhari is better than eight years of any other person.

This
was contained in an address by the national leader of One-on-One
Nigeria, Chido Obidiegwu during a World Press Conference in honour of
president Buhari on his 76th Birthday at NUJ Press Center Awka, on
Monday December 17, 2018.

Obidiegwu going through memory lane
lamented that Ndi Igbo are still being perceived as outcast by
successive military and civilian governments years after the civil war
despite the `no victor no vanquished` mantra.

“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”, he said.

He
however thanked Mr President for his wisdom and magnanimity in
addressing Igbo’s most pressing needs despite not supporting or voting
for him in 2015.

“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”, noted Obidiegwu.

“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 said.

It would be recall that the group
had paid a courtesy call on president Buhari where they intimated him
on their plans which he positively acknowledged.