The Nigeria’s Minster of Labour and Employment,
Dr. Chris Ngige has described the endorsement of the People’s Democratic party
candidate, Atiku Abubakar by the Ohaneze
Ndigbo as motley congregation of party men, that hurriedly took a decision without due consultation of the real Ime-Obi
Ohaneze Ndigbo.
The minister said the meeting was a congregation
of party men in Ohaneze Ndigbo worldwide, constituted upon by the President
General of the union in isolation of nonmembers of the People Democratic Party,
implicitly done to pass their resolution in favour to the opposition candidate.
The minister stated this in a telephone interview
with our correspondent in Awka, said the purported decision of Ohanese Ndigbo
endorsing Atiku Abubakar of the PDP as Ndigbo choice was a distraction and
should be disregarded by well-meaning Igbo sons and daughters.
The minister
said the decision was ill-conceived and should be ignored by Ndigbo as it’s a decision
propelled by PDP members in Ohaneze Ndigbo, hurriedly taken to drum support for
their party members in the coming election.
Ngige expressed disappointment that the apex Igbo
socio-cultural organization would degenerate into meddling playing partisan
politics, adding that the people of South East have spoken in the rally held at
instant of hundreds of thousands Igbo citizens in Enugu and Onitsha, where the
people gave their support to return President Muhammadu Buhari as president come
March 16, 2019.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Ohaneze Ndigbo
youths wing worldwide has commended the decision of their parent body for
endorsing the joint ticket of the People’s Democratic party presidential
candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his vice Sir Peter Obi as the choice of Ndigbo
in the February 16th 2019 presidential election.
They said the decision will resonate positive
feelings for Ndigbo who before now were yet to decide of who to vote for the in
the next month presidential election.
Addressing journalists in Enugu after their
meeting, the national president of the Ohaneze Ndigbo youths wing worldwide,
Amb. Dr. Arthur Uchenna Obiorah expressed hope that the decision of the Ime-Obi
of Ohaneze Ndigbo worldwide will restore confidence in the minds of Ndigbo to
now openly declare their support the presidential candidate of the PDP in the February
16TH presidential election.
The Ohaneze Ndgibo youths wing worldwide wing
further deliberated and resolved that henceforth the union will commence action
to ensure the resolutions reach by the Ime-Obi of Ohaneze Ndigbo is given a
firsthand charge to ensure its impact is felt in the 7 Igbo speaking states of
Nigeria .
The youths organization however threatened to sanction
individuals found wanting in the bid to subvert the decisions reached by Igbo
highest social cultural organization, which according to them is in the collective interest of Ndigbo worldwide
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