By Desmond Ukandu (Politics Editor)
A frontline Igbo youth organization, the Igbo Youth Vanguard, has given reasons why the people of the South East should support the 2023 presidential aspiration of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state.
Rising from its delegates assembly held in Enugu on Friday February 25, 2022, the group in a communique signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Ede Maduka and Director of Strategy, Prince Uma Uduma, averred that they have been closely monitoring Governor Bala Mohammed’s political and public service antecedents right from when he was a Senator who led the motion on the 'Doctrine of Necessity' that made Dr Goodluck Jonathan Acting President to when we was a high performing FCT minister who ran an inclusive government, to now that he is revolutionizing governance in Bauchi stateas governor.
The Igbo Youth Vanguard also stressed that Governor Bala Mohammed speaks plainly and straight to the point, and so can be counted upon to protect the core interests of the South East if he wins the PDP nomination and is elected into office as President of Nigeria.The group also urged South East political leaders to combine their quest for the presidency with a strategic negotiation with Bala Mohammed in case they are disappointed down the line.
The group however aligned itself with the recent postulation by Prof Udenta O. Udenta, the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy, who declared recently that rather than wait to be betrayed by her Southern political colleagues who are unwilling to zone the presidency specifically to the South East zone, they should play smart politics by adopting Gov Bala Mohammed as their choice right from the word go.
The Igbo youths also commended Prof Udenta’s clarity of mind and thought; his visionary political insights and uncommon courage, declaring that more of such are needed by South East political leaders as the party primaries and the 2023 general elections approaches. NNL.
