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In
its collective search for a polity that is just, egalitarian and inclusive, the
Ime Obi Ohaneze Ndi Igbo met today Thursday 24 January, 2019 at the Nike Lake
Hotel, Enugu, to further deliberate on the future of Ndigbo in the chequred
history of a beleaguered country.
After
a critical and dispassionate appraisal of the issues and the visible fault
lines in our polity, including the analysis of the election manifestos
of the various contesting parties, especially with regards to the
restructuring of the federation and continued relevance of our people in the
Nigerian geopolitical space, the meeting resolved as follows:
1.
That Ohaneze remains the apex socio-cultural organization that works for the
interest of the Igbo in and outside Nigeria. It attempts to aggregate the views
of all other Igbo platforms;
2.
Ohaneze notes particularly that a major political party (PDP) by the nomination
of our son Peter Obi as the Vice presidential candidate has given Ndigbo an
opportunity for inclusivity. Ndigbo must seize the moment;
3.
That the presidential candidate of PDP Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has made an avowed
commitment to restructuring of the federation and reconfirmed same during his
recent visit to the United States in his meetings high-level US officials;
4.
In consideration of the above and other relevant existential factors pertaining
to the treatment of the Igbo in our polity, the Ime Obi Ohaneze,
therefore, hereby ratify the decision reached at the Ohaneze National Executive
Committee (NEC)meeting held in Enugu on Tuesday 22 January, 2019, to adopt the
Atiku Abubakar/ Peter Obi ticket in the 2019 presidential election. Ime Obi
therefore endorses and embraces fully, this ticket without equivocation,
especially with regards to the position of Ndigbo at the AWKA Declaration which
insisted on a complete restructuring of the Nigerian polity.
5.
Ohaneze urges Ndigbo to see their PVCs as their most potent tool to ensure a
restructured polity and for a better society.
6.
The meeting further called on the international community to help to ensure a
free and credible 2019 elections in Nigeria; and
7.
Finally, Ohaneze urges all Igbo to come out and vote and to protect their
votes.
Signed:
John
Nnia Nwodo
President-General
Ohaneze Ndigbo World Wide
24th
January 2019.
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