2027 : Obi's one term in office is a personal ambition - Ex Minister Ikoh
As the race for the 2027 presidentialelection draws closer , the activities of the opposition is heating up the polity and distracting the process of smooth governance in the country . This is more worrisome considering the fact that the government of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is barely two years in office and performing very well by .
Criticizing the government of the APC led by President Bola Tiinubu is not an issue of concern in as much as such criticism will be objective , unbiased and captures the progressively unfolding results oriented policies of the present administration . And also should appreciate president Tinubu as a leader and true Democrat for guaranteeing freedom of expression to the opposition and every Nigerian .
The right to freedom of speech must not be abused or used as a medium to propagate unrealistic views and ambitions aimed at misinforming the public by the opposition political parties and their leaders .
Misrepresenting the purpose of President Bola Tiinubu's visit to St Lucia by the former presidential candidate of the labour party , Mr Peter Gregory Obi , undermined Nigeria's foreign policy agenda and makes mockery of the attendant economic and sociocultural advantages inherent in the state visit to the Caribbean Island by the President .
Politicizing criticism to score unnecessary inconsequential points that are baseless and lacking in facts could wrongfully incite the populace . Elders and Leader should live up to the expectations .
Nigeria is a multi ethnic and highly tribal nation , with an unwritten understanding of rotational presidency . Though its implementation have been challenged by natural disaster as with the case of late President Musa Yaradua , which truncated the rotation principle at the time of his demise and gave rise to the emergence of President Good luck Jonathan .
However we are gradually as a people returning to that unwritten understanding , to rotate the presidency across the two regions of North or South and domiciled within a particular geopolitical zone .
The presidency is being rotated between North and South for two terms of eight (8) years in each region . In the absence of any political or natural offset in governance the sitting president has the right of first refusal to complete his two terms of eight (8) years in office.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the grace of God has the right of first refusal and definitely will complete his two tenures of eight years .
It is an aberation and infantile politicking for Mr Peter Obi to dream of single term president if an opportunity comes up for the Nation to desire a Nigeria president of Igbo extraction .
It is noteworthy that the zoning of the presidency between North and South is further micro zoned to any of the geopolitical zone in that region , and the elected president is expected to govern for two terms of eight ( 8 ) years , a process that has been the practice over time except in the case of a natural disaster , impeachment, death or ill health .
In the dispensation of time , when the Leaders and political Stakeholders in the country will agree to have the presidency zoned to the South East , the region as God wills , must have the president of Igbo extraction that will be in office for two terms of eight 8 years as being practiced recently in our present democracy .
Peter Obi should jettison the idea and ambition of four ( 4 )years single term in office for a Nigeria president of Igbo extraction as that does not reflect the political wish of the South East Stakeholders but rather his personal political ambition .
Presently President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is on the right track to tackling insecurity in the country and curb its spread . He has placed the Nation on the path to economic revival and growth and should be encouraged and supported by Peter Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar to sustain the policies of the government of APC ably led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and moreso when it is evident that the policies are yielding fast results .
When the time comes for the Nigeria president of Igbo extraction to emerge , Peter Obi can then declare his intentions to contest for the office and if it is the will of God for him to be president of Nigeria by then , may be he will do one term in office and allow another Igbo man from South East zone to complete the second term for the eight (8) years tenure .
We commend the efforts of the Chairman of the progressives Governors Forum , His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma, who has been busy mobilizing the South East Stakeholders and electorates to rally behind president Tinubu for his reelection in 2027 . Politicians and Igbo leaders from the South East region should support His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma to achieve the goal of reelecting president Tinubu and to realign South East with the mainstream in order to reposition the Igbos in National Politics and to have a stake in government at the center .
The political situation in the country requires Igbo leaders to come together and reason pragmatically to avoid confusion and collusion of political interest that is capable of disorganizing the region .
We must take steps to apply caution , wisdom and patience , for only that could make us formidable as a people and Stakeholder in the politics of this Nation .
Hon. Chief Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh ,
( Ozurumba )
Former Minister of State Science and Technology and Present Chairman Governing Council , Federal Polytechnic Nekede , Imo State.
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