Uzodinma Kicks Against Igbo Presidency |READ WHAT HE SAID
Afnews Editor
Sep 02, 2020
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has warned against tribal sentiments in deciding candidates for the 2023 presidential election.
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Uzodinma said presidential candidates should come on the basis of party system and not tribal basis.
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The governor stated this while addressing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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Uzodinma said Nigeria was practicing democracy and not tribal democracy.
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"We are practicing partisan democracy, not tribal democracy. So, the emergence of presidential candidates will come on a party-by-party basis, not tribe-by-tribe basis,ÔÇØ Uzodinma said.
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Uzodinma's comment is coming at a time when some Nigerians have been advocating Southeast presidency in 2023.
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Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu had expressed his readiness to contest for presidency, if called upon.
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