The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Ogah has said that the best option for the people of South East in the coming 2023 elections would be to vote for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu .
Ogah who stated this in Abakaliki during the ongoing Media Parley organized by the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) in the state said South East will be the most beneficiary of Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration if elected the President of the country in 2023.
He said the Tinubu/Shettima ticket(Muslim-Muslim ticket) was the right choice for the zone and that it came through a well thought out on the regions and candidates that have the capacity to win election across the country
He noted that it was only the Tinubu/Shettima ticket that can win election convincingly in the North and South West because of the antecedents of the two personalities who he said have built many people in the regions and other parts of the country when they were occupying their previous positions and urged the Igbo to support the ticket.
The lawmaker, who was reeking reelection for a second term, boasted that APC was the only party that can win election in his Ebonyi State as according to him all those with their PVCs are APC members.
Ogah said “the greater number of those that have their voters card in the state are all APC members. They will vote APC across boards because 90 percent Ebonyi people are APC. If you see those that are complaining in the APC, they don’t have voters card. The candidates we have in APC both at the National and State levels are very credible.
“When you look at Ahmed Tinubu antecedents, you will see many people he has built and they cut across the country likewise Shettima. Compare these personalities with other candidates of various political parties, you will discover that Tinubu/Shettima ticket is the right choice especially for the Igbo because they will benefit a lot under the Tinubu administration as the President of the country. Igbo should connect to the centre, they should connect to national politics and shun ethnicity.
“Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the right person for the 2023 presidency, let us look at who can deliver democracy dividends for us. If dividends of democracy is coming, even if it is through a Muslim-Muslim ticket, everybody will be okay. I want to tell you, most of our Christians doesn’t have open door policy.
“Yes, the truth of the matter is that politics is about the masses, it is about the number. People can complain about Muslim-Muslim ticket. If Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu who is from South West Muslim picks a Christian from the North and his running mate, can APC win the election? Let us be sincere because we are doing politics to win and not to lose. What we should be talking about is does this people have the interest of Nigerians at heart which they have. They have interest of Nigeria because they want stability of power, they want Nigeria stability, they want to create job opportunities for the people”.
On the chances of his victory in 2023, Ogah said he was not against or afraid of other candidates running against him but that he was confident that the electorate will re-elect him as according to him, he has been representing them effectively since he was elected into the National Assembly in 2019.
He vowed to consolidate on the achievements he recorded if re-elected and assured that he will continue to speak and protect the interest of his constituents and Ebonyi people in general as a Lawmaker.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Chapel, Comrade Samson Nwafor said the Media Parley was organized for candidates of various political parties in the state to tell the masses what they will do if they are elected in next year’s general election.
He said the Parley was not limited to particular candidates or their parties, adding that as watchdog of the society, it is the duty of journalists to set agenda for the people and hold leaders accountable. ENDS
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