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| Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:49am On Aug 06, 2010 |
I've just come to the realization that the best thing politically for the Igbo next year is to field a powerful presidential candidate under the umbrella of APGA. All we need to do is to find that intelligent and eloquent Igbo man who can speak all three major languages : Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa fluently, he can actually rattle the race. The worst that can happen is what is already happening, which is the marginalization of Igboland. President Goodluck Jonathan is more interested in not upturning the northern apple cart, and is ensuring he gets northern votes by pampering the north even more than a northern president. I think it is time we make a political statement in Nigeria. If we can come together under APGA (because it remains the party Igbo trust most), field an energetic, charismatic and intelligent young man (someone between 40 and 65), someone who can mount a nation-wide campaign tirelessly, and someone who commands the major languages plus English, I truly believe we stand a chance. We can win majority of the federal and state legislative positions as well as governors in all the five south east states and have people who would represent our interests in place . If we can do this, and I know we can, we would start a real political revival in the south east. We need that revival to nurture our political ideology. Without an ideology, we would be stuck in the one created to marginalize us. At least we can use our own ideology to free ourselves even if others reject us, which I doubt. But we lose already if we don't present any ideology at all. We are a majority tribe in Nigeria. No one should treat us like a minority tribe in Nigeria. Heck even minorities are treated better than us in today's Nigeria. The good news is that we can do something with our 40 -50 million population. Yes we can, and now is the time! |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Kobojunkie: 3:53am On Aug 06, 2010 |
I am so glad the Ibo governors have at least announced they will be doing no such thing this time around.  I am sick and tired of |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:53am On Aug 06, 2010 |
I remember that even Ojukwu who is not that popular in Nigeria came second to Obasanjo in the presidential elections, even though the election was rigged. That should tell us something. Now imagine what would happen if we decide to fight for our votes. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:57am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: I understand what the Igbo governors tried to do. They really tried to give Jonathan a chance, but I'm not convinced anymore. Jonathan is not someone to make such sacrifice for. He is too weak. The governors also wanted to keep the south east calm. Well, we can still do this under APGA. APGA is calm. So we can field a candidate under APGA. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 4:27am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Onlytruth: True. Also remember that in the 2007 elections Rochas Okorochas came second to Yaradua, so that speaks alot of volume. If not for rigging,which clearly 70% vote was ridiculous, we would have had an Igbo president. QUICK NOTE, GET READY FOR DERAILERS TO ENTER  |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 5:13am On Aug 06, 2010 |
chyz: Gbam. You know, I'm sometimes amazed at how we can't even see what is self evident. Believe me, it is in our best interest to present one candidate to run for us next year. All we need to do is give him a base by voting massively for him. He can go to other parts of Nigeria with that backing. Anything is possible from there. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by OAM4J: 5:28am On Aug 06, 2010 |
What about supporting Pat Utomi, or is he not Igbo enough? or if you can get Ngozi Iweala to contest, I will relocate back to naija temporarily to campaign and vote for her. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 5:43am On Aug 06, 2010 |
OAM4J: Not too clear on the highlighted comment. what is meant by that? |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by OAM4J: 6:42am On Aug 06, 2010 |
^^Pat Utomi is a presidential candidate, am just wondering why Igbos are not supporting him, and my guess is that since he is a delta-Ibo (or so I think) may be, Ndigbo think he is not a full blooded Igbo. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by slap1(m): 6:59am On Aug 06, 2010 |
chyz:Don't you think that was doctored to soothe our frayed nerves? |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 7:34am On Aug 06, 2010 |
slap1: Nope |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 7:40am On Aug 06, 2010 |
OAM4J: Its not that Igbos didnt vote for him its just that other igbos ran for presidency too, that took away from some votes.they didnt come together and agree on having only one igbo candidate. in igbo the say "Igbo wu Igbo" Igbo is Igbo, no matter from which part,we know who our brothers are. Theres no such thing as SE Igbo or SS Igbo to us. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 9:03am On Aug 06, 2010 |
OAM4J: I can tell you that is not why he has not won Igbo support yet. He needs to prove himself. Let me tell you, if he can approach Igbo bodies like Ohanaeze (his fellow delta Igbo is president of ohanaeze), Igbo youth movement (IYM) and others like them, and convince them of his competence and suitability, he will get Igbo support. Mind you that there are other Igbos who may be more qualified as well, he has to prove that he is the best. If he can speak Yoruba and Hausa fluently, and can demonstrate ability to give a budding party like APGA the required national spread, he would get Igbo support nationwide. I think that Ndigbo are underestimating themselves in Nigeria. If we sponsor one of such charismatic candidate, we can campaign for him using Igbo associations scattered all over Nigeria to give him a national presence. We can market him in our places of residence and that will solve half of his problem. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala would have been good, but Nigeria is still a conservative country. Soludo would have been perfect if he could speak those languages (Hausa and Yoruba) and if he didn't mess himself up by contesting the Anambra gubernatorial elections. Still, he is a rabble rouser and can shake the stage if he can demonstrate practical leadership by planting APGA nationwide. APGA is a raw gem that needs to be refined. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Nobody: 9:22am On Aug 06, 2010 |
chyz:i doubt if you really know how nigeria politics is being run.Okorocha was a very close ally to obj who was brought him to play the spoiler game.he was partly in Action Alliance and partly in Pdp.the only person that would have clinged the pdp seat is Odili who was the only threat against yaradua because he had everything in place to have become the flagbearer save for his agreement with obj to ensure his immunity against prosecution by Efcc,so there is no way an ibo president would have emerged in 2007 |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 9:34am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Neptunz: Oh I doubt that. If not for the rigging it would have been one of the the two Okorocha or Odili. Overall,there would have been an Igbo president. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Nobody: 9:50am On Aug 06, 2010 |
chyz:it has nothing to do with rigging if you dont know.they both declared for the presidency but odili had to step down on the day of the convention when it was alledged that Efcc tracked money which he wanted to share to the delegates in the hotel he lodged in abuja.odili never went to poll while okorocha was only there to act a script besides obj respected the zoning agreement by supporting yaradua,so there is no way an ibo president would have emerged. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 10:13am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Neptunz: And the EFCC just happens to catch him around election time, right. I dont see foul play from any of the godfathers there . Look its the same old tricks that nigeria plays every election. Is Odili in jail now?No. IBB respected the zoning agreenment thats why he tried to go for a third term right?lol. funny. We would have had an Igbo president if not for rigging(which includes EFCC harassment) period. Like it or leave it,it is the truth.  |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Nobody: 10:29am On Aug 06, 2010 |
chyz:the same thing persuasion that is used against ibo to step down for Goodluck was exactly what happend to ibo aspirants in the case of yaradua.the niger deltans candidated were more outspoken and ambitious than the low-esteem ibo aspirants who quickly stepped down for yaradua. .folks like victor Attah,odili and donald duke fought till the eve of the convention;only to declare their support for yaradua in the morning. the issue is that pdp had never consider an ibo candidate up till today but if you claimed okorocha would have won,i will continue to laugh cuz okorocha is obj stooge who was used to split the ibo votes.he acted a script and soon after the election,he went back to pdp and now he is the chairman of red cross under pdp govt.what does that tells you ? |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 10:37am On Aug 06, 2010 |
Neptunz: They did not step down for yaradua, 70% votes of a country is clearly a rig in.guess ur going to have to continue laughing cause im standing by my word. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by abadaba(m): 12:09pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
In my opinion, a South-South Igbo will be O.K. Pat Utomi is the most suitable. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by calyx: 12:19pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
Neptunz: Pls can you type Igbo  |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by bkbabe97y(m): 12:36pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
calyx: Sensitive thug, its IBO! IBO! IBO! jUmp OfF a cliff! Can you type "PLEASE" instead of "PLS"? I feel offended when u type it as "PLS"! thank you. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Kobojunkie: 3:04pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
Onlytruth: Give him a chance in what sense? I think you are jumbling this one up with your Jonathan issues again. Jonathan is PDP and has yet to show himself capable of handling the job. I am sure these Ibo governors and states men know this and are wise to the situation. Contrary to what you think there, I do not believe it was made about JOnathan. I want to believe Ibo leaders(well the current batch) are now waking up to the truth which is that Ibos have not had good representation in the past and it is time for them to clean house and work to present better reps in the future. Enough of the halfwits coming out to represent IBos(people with next to no achievement/accomplishment/record of service which ought to matter when it comes to leadership). |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by MaziUche0(m): 3:21pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
We just need to throw PDP out. President Jonathan is still a part of that horrible part, so why would people expect change. Pat Utomi has my vote. He has widespread support due to him being from the South-South region, and many ethnic groups feel safe voting for him. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by ChinenyeN(m): 3:45pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
Some questions. [list] [li]Why such high interest in presidency?[/li] [li]What is the aim?[/li] [li]What are the supposed benefits? [/li] [li]Why are people making this a priority?[/li] [/list] |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:48pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: Yes, they are trying to clean house, but it can be done in a more powerful way. Simple abstinence from the presidential electon is NOT the solution. They have to do more than that. Basically they have to remember that Ndigbo are one of the three biggest tribes in Nigeria, and learn to assert ourselves as such. They need to get out of their comfort zones and work to topple the PDP marginalizing applecart. Bulk Igbo voting is the key. We are moving forward, though slowly, because at least we have not given up on APGA, and the party remains one of the few trusted (at least by Ndigbo) parties in Nigeria. Other parties are gatherings of thieves. All we need now is a charismatic, intelligent, energetic and tri-lingual candidate who can take APGA message to all parts of Nigeria. Knowing Ndigbo well, I believe we have that candidate. All we need is to find him, empower him and unleash him on the polity, and I can assure you that all things are possible next year. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:56pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
ChinenyeN: Thank you for the questions! Nigeria is like a field of boxing for instance. All sections of the country are the competing boxers. While other sections are busy engaging in physical exercises e.g. running, punching bags of sand etc, the Igbo are sitting idly on the sidelines hoping that when the real boxing match starts, they will come out and be handed the title one day. Unfortunately, when we come out then, all we will likely get is a knock out because we never exercised and therefore physically UNFIT. No one knows what we can do in Nigeria. Nigeria is a constant boxing ring. If you make out yourself to be a weak boxer by sitting idly by, you will not even be ranked as a contender to the title. Ever. It is time we show that we are not only interested in the title, but that we are one hell of a boxer! |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 3:59pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
And like I said earlier, the least we can get is control over our sub-region and our lives. We would at least have representatives who would represent us well at the center, and also remind other Nigerians about our strength in Nigeria lest they forget. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by Onlytruth(m): 4:12pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
MaziUche0: Yes we need to throw PDP out. I don't see how that party can ever do the right thing. I'm really only looking for the best Igbo candidate based on the criteria I set forth earlier. I don't care if he is from south east or south south. I see that some folks are quick to exclude the south east. If you do that, the project will fail even before it starts. Other ethnic groups will feel safe when they see that our candidate is one of the leading contenders. They have to learn to be comfortable with the fact that we are equally entitled to vie for the presidency of Nigeria. So all Igbo must be in play. Any Igbo who is not sure of his "Igboness" will not be considered because he will sell us. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by IbrahimB: 4:47pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
What of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo or Francis Arthur Nzeribe? My Igbo brethren, what do you think of the suitability or otherwise of these two Gentlemen for the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?  |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by chyz(m): 4:53pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
IbrahimB: One candidate and one candidate only. We are sticking with Pat Utomi. |
| Re: Igbo Should Field A Presidential Candidate In 2011 by seanet02: 5:24pm On Aug 06, 2010 |
IbrahimB:without OBASANJOS SUPPORT? NEVER GONNA HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT |
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