A pan Igbo socio-cultural think-tank organization, Nzuko Umunna has endorsed and declared support for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.
The group which is influential in the South East geopolitical zone and considered the intelligentsia arm of citizens of Igbo origin disclosed this in a statement signed by the president, Prof Chinedu Nebo and the Secretary, Dr Uju Agomuo.
The group whose members are mostly highly educated intellectuals warned that the forthcoming 2023 elections have the capacity to make or break NIgeria, especially at the presidential level.
Read full statement below:
Nzuko Umunna has been following and studying the national political dynamics especially with regards to the Presidential elections.
NIgeria would be having what most consider as the most critical elections in its history very shortly. The atmosphere appears charged with anxiety and apprehension, because of the extreme level of decay in our social, economic. and political lives. NIgeria has never had it this bad since our independence some 62 years ago. The whopping national debt profile, the crumbling infrastructural network, the apathetic medical and educational sectors, and the unbearably chaotic insecurity situation have placed an unprecedented level of depression, dismay, despair, and despondency upon the entire populace. The level of ineptitude in governance is alarming. Thankfully, Nigerians have a chance to alter all these horrendous maladies through our votes.
The forthcoming elections have the capacity to make or break NIgeria, especially at the presidential level.
Voters are encouraged to answer the following questions before deciding on whom to vote for at the presidential level.
If you had a business enterprise, who among the candidates would you like to appoint as your Managing Director or CEO?
If you have a huge wealth, who among them can you trust to secure it or invest it to yield maximum returns?
Who among the candidates can you entrust your children’s education and future in his hands? Who is the most credible in the whole pack?
Who among the candidates has been found to be free of corruption and criminal enrichment through misappropriation of public funds?
Who amongst the Presidential candidates is qualified to be President using the parameters of justice, equity, and fairness because his geopolitical Zone has not produced a President of NIgeria in our political dispensation?
Is it morally right for a Northerner to succeed a Northerner, or for a Muslim to succeed a Muslim after eight years of occupying the post of President? Is it even socially or politically acceptable?
From all indications, it is clear that one and only one of the candidates of the three front runner Presidential candidates qualifies on ALL THE COUNTS adumbrated above. Providentially, the same candidate is the most competent, articulate, knowledgeable, and robustly healthy. His name is PETER OBI, whose running mate is also a star technocrat, an astute business mogul, and a celebrated educationist. In choosing PETER OBI FOR PRESIDENT, Nzuko Umunna is not endorsing any other candidate or political party for any other positions at the Federal and State levels during this electoral cycle.
WE, NZUKO UMUNNA, THEREFORE, HEREBY UNEQUIVOCALLY ENDORSE MR. PETER OBI AND AHMED DATTI FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA.
Prof. Chinedu Nebo, CON, NPOM. Dr. Uju Agomuo
