Igbos Must Produce Nigeria's Next President In 2023 - Edwin Clark | READ WHY
Afnews Editor
Dec 18, 2021
Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, has maintained that the Southeast "must" produce Nigeria's next president in 2023.
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Clark disclosed this when a presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, visited him on Friday.
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He urged Anyim to collaborate with leaders across Nigeria to build consensus for equity and unity.
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Clark noted his passionate "belief that the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 must go to the Southern part of Nigeria and indeed to South-East zone.
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"I encourage you and others to continue the task of persuading and reassuring other Nigerians to share that vision."
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Some political stakeholders have been advocating for a Nigerian president of the Southeast extraction.
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The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, had said the Southeast should be allowed to produce Nigeria's president because the region would not disappoint.
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Okechukwu assured that an Igbo president would help develop Nigeria because the Southeast is "talented to do so."
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