The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has warned the South-East they could miss out on a chance to produce the president of the country in 2023.

The people of the zone have failed in their bid to have one of their own as the leader of the country since the return of democratic rule in 1999, and Ngige believes they have a chance to grab the post if they play their cards right in the 2019 general elections.

Speaking with reporters in Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday, Ngige said President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection was the South-East’s shortest route to the presidency.

He said, “This man (Buhari) has only one term (four years) to do and go home, and an Igboman will replace him. But if you leave this shortest route and take a gamble, you are on your own.”

He added, “If Igbo refuse to play their cards right in next year’s general elections, the South-West will take away the chance from them.

“They will produce the next president after Buhari, because the zone has shown demonstrable commitment to Buhari’s cause.

“My good friend Babatunde Fashola has blown the whistle. What he said should be a warning signal to the Igbo, because you can’t stop the South-West from producing the next president of the country after supporting Buhari and the APC government.

“That is why I’m telling our people now to come out en masse in next year’s election and vote for Buhari, so that nothing will stop you from succeeding him in 2023.”

He described the vice-presidential slot given to the Igbo by the Peoples Democratic Party as a “mere spare tyre that might be used for over six years”.

According to the minister, it is not true that Buhari hates the Igbo, stressing that the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke and others were close friends with the President.

The minister said the Buhari government had provided infrastructure in the South-East, saying he deserved their support.

He insists the real Buhari is the one ruling the country, dismissing the rumours about a cloned Buhari at Aso Rock.

Ngige said “we should stop listening to all these gutter talks” that one Jubril from Sudan or Chad is the one ruling the country, as the real Buhari is dead.

He said, “I’m talking to you as medical doctor. If you are well treated by your doctor, you will be rejuvenated; that’s the case with Buhari. That is why is bubbling with life. His doctors treated him well.”

The minister added, “I see him regularly. He’s the Buhari who worked as the minister of petroleum; he the Buhari who was the Head of State of this country. He remembers all these.

“I asked our people to come out and vote massively for him in the 2019 general elections. We should stop listening to all these gutter talks. The man in Aso Rock is Buhari and no other person. I see him regularly. He’s the man that employed us as ministers and the one we meet with during FEC meetings.”

Source :
http://www.statereporters.com/2018/12/10/ngige-warns-igbo-lose-2023-presidency-south-west-dont-vote-buhari-now/

Let the presidency go to South west. We have adopted Atiku no going back.

SW can take 2023 as long as we get rid of the incompetent lifeless tyrant in 2019.

The North is interested in holding the power beyond 2023 by voting massively for Atiku

Omeokachie:
SW can take 2023 as long as we get rid of the incompetent lifeless tyrant in 2019.

You're right.. APC will never give the SE Senate President, DSP, Speaker as we have witnessed before.

It is better to give the North another 8 years through Atiku Abubakar

Ngige stop playing smart. No major political party in Nigeria will zone their presidential candidates to SE. Not with the current Nigeria political structure.

I so do not envy the igbos right now. They have only two choices: the north or the north.

Why is it that all Buhari's close friends are late?

Sometimes I just regret why I bear the same middle name with this man. How will Igbo presidency shape the life of igbos? So we should vote for buhari to continue with his project of destroying the economy and what gives him the assurance that he will hand over power to southeast when he can't appoint any service chief from the zone.

This and that..jubril or no jubril..it infuriated northern oligarchy a lot..and it might be a credible to Buhari and a discredit to Atiku..

Ehiscotch:
I so do not envy the igbos right now. They have only two choices: the north or the north.

i envy the yorubas right now.They have the presidential candidates of both APC & PDP from SOUTHWEST. zombie!!!

Because they don't have sense

Chris Nigie you are as delusional as your fellow APC goons with no sense..Fashola and every single APC Yoruba political stake-holders are all gunning for a yoruba person in 2023(delusional thinking though) .,That is why they are the biggest supporters of buhar/jubril right now regardless of how terrible this government has been cos they want Osinbade to 'take-over in 2023, come what may,while mumus like you are still fooling yourselves with 'Igbo Presidency' in 2023..

If an Igbo Presidency will ever happen in 2023(highly unlikely) then i can assure you that it is more likely with PDP and not with jubril/buhari/tinubu/APC..

We are wiser than y'all..Sorry.

PureMe01:
i envy the yorubas right now.They have the both presidential candidates from APC & PDP from SOUTHWEST. zombie!!!

Don't mind the Zombie.. The best way is to sensitise the North to hold on to power beyond 2023 through Atiku

emmie14:
Let the presidency go to South west. We have adopted Atiku no going back.

Do you ever listen to yourself while talking or typing? You've just said the PRESIDENCY should go to South West as you have adopted ATIKU? So, you are supporting someone to be president but want the presidency to go elsewhere? Well, I understand what you meant to say, but you ended up saying something else. Now, instead of working on this obvious lack of yours, you will begin to rant in defence of it but I won't reply.

The North likes power so it is better to vote Atiku and hold on to power for another 8 years instead of voting Buhari for a miserly 4 years..

Atiku should campaign with this!

cc: Saraki.

chinwe1960:
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has warned the South-East they could miss out on a chance to produce the president of the country in 2023.

The people of the zone have failed in their bid to have one of their own as the leader of the country since the return of democratic rule in 1999, and Ngige believes they have a chance to grab the post if they play their cards right in the 2019 general elections.

Speaking with reporters in Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday, Ngige said President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection was the South-East’s shortest route to the presidency.

He said, “This man (Buhari) has only one term (four years) to do and go home, and an Igboman will replace him. But if you leave this shortest route and take a gamble, you are on your own.”

He added, “If Igbo refuse to play their cards right in next year’s general elections, the South-West will take away the chance from them.

“They will produce the next president after Buhari, because the zone has shown demonstrable commitment to Buhari’s cause.

“My good friend Babatunde Fashola has blown the whistle. What he said should be a warning signal to the Igbo, because you can’t stop the South-West from producing the next president of the country after supporting Buhari and the APC government.

“That is why I’m telling our people now to come out en masse in next year’s election and vote for Buhari, so that nothing will stop you from succeeding him in 2023.”

He described the vice-presidential slot given to the Igbo by the Peoples Democratic Party as a “mere spare tyre that might be used for over six years”.

According to the minister, it is not true that Buhari hates the Igbo, stressing that the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke and others were close friends with the President.

The minister said the Buhari government had provided infrastructure in the South-East, saying he deserved their support.

He insists the real Buhari is the one ruling the country, dismissing the rumours about a cloned Buhari at Aso Rock.

Ngige said “we should stop listening to all these gutter talks” that one Jubril from Sudan or Chad is the one ruling the country, as the real Buhari is dead.

He said, “I’m talking to you as medical doctor. If you are well treated by your doctor, you will be rejuvenated; that’s the case with Buhari. That is why is bubbling with life. His doctors treated him well.”

The minister added, “I see him regularly. He’s the Buhari who worked as the minister of petroleum; he the Buhari who was the Head of State of this country. He remembers all these.

“I asked our people to come out and vote massively for him in the 2019 general elections. We should stop listening to all these gutter talks. The man in Aso Rock is Buhari and no other person. I see him regularly. He’s the man that employed us as ministers and the one we meet with during FEC meetings.”

Source :
http://www.statereporters.com/2018/12/10/ngige-warns-igbo-lose-2023-presidency-south-west-dont-vote-buhari-now/

Well, one can not blame him, he's in the right place at the right time with the right statements. This is nigeria where some people a concerned about the tribe of the president rather than the performance of the president.

dunkem21:


Don't mind the Zombie.. The best way is to sensitise the North to hold on to power beyond 2023 through Atiku

that's the strategy but for the selfish SE governors

if we can have a leader that is free and fair, who will move this country forward,

Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba presidency does not really matter.

PureMe01:
i envy the yorubas right now.They have the both presidential candidates from APC & PDP from SOUTHWEST. zombie!!!

No. They have a sitting vice president and are currently comfortable with the polity. Not some dreamy group of persons who don't know where their allegiance lies and are in so many conundrums -- biafra or no biafra included too.

PureMe01:
that's the strategy but for the selfish SE governors

There's nothing the selfish SE governors will do..

The North has the voting strength and should also play the tribal card like Fashola.

I'll start the movement.

dunkem21:


You're right.. APC will never give the SE Senate President, DSP, Speaker as we have witnessed before.

It is better to give the North another 8 years through Atiku Abubakar

the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Bia-fra terrorist will soon start to blame buhari when power return to SW,

Just imaging this one, blaming buhari for their self inflicted failure for producing senate president

buhariguy:
the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Bia-fra terrorist will soon start to blame buhari when power return to SW,

Just imaging this one, blaming buhari for their self inflicted failure for producing senate president

The North will vote for Atiku to stay in power for another 8 years instead of Buhari's 4 years

The SW will have to wait till 2027

dumahi:


Do you ever listen to yourself while talking or typing? You've just said the PRESIDENCY should go to South West as you have adopted ATIKU? So, you are supporting someone to be president but want the presidency to go elsewhere? Well, I understand what you meant to say, but you ended up saying something else. Now, instead of working on this obvious lack of yours, you will begin to rant in defence of it but I won't reply.

He simply meant he doesn't care where the presidency goes in 2023, but for 2019, he has resolved to vote for Atiku.

dunkem21:
The North likes power so it is better to vote Atiku and hold on to power for another 8 years instead of voting Buhari for a miserly 4 years..

Atiku should campaign with this!

cc: Saraki.

I agree.

Ngige is a Fool


Little did he know that Buhari and tinubu has already sealed the deal about 2023

Tinubu will take over or appoint his minion...

Silly midget

What blind, misplaced arrogance!! Who told you APC will go beyond a single term? Is that why you, Ngige, Okorocha and Uzoh Kalu have been positioning yourself for an imaginary VP slot, by fawning around with Buhari and soiled hands Tinubu? And those of you SE ministers in his incredibly nepotistic govt, what positions did he give you compared to his people and SW co-conspirators? Junior, insignificant ministers, right?

Did you know if God has rejected Buhari? I know some of the spiritual dimensions to these things, but won't say here or anywhere for now. But just a hint... No, I still won't say that one.

iAudio:

He simply meant he doesn't care where the presidency goes in 2023, but for 2019, he has resolved to vote for Atiku.

You're right and we have also resolved that the North should hold power till 2027 through Atiku

dunkem21:


The North will vote for Atiku to stay in power for another 8 years instead of Buhari's 4 years

The SW will have to wait till 2027

SW should wait till 2045 or 2053 if Nigeria still exist then.....2053 is actually the earliest they deserve.

Ehiscotch:


No. They have a sitting vice president and are currently comfortable with the polity. Not some dreamy group of persons who don't know where their allegiance lies and are in so many conundrums -- biafra or no biafra included too.

the quote i mentioned was "i don't envy the igbos right now,they have to make the choice either from the north or the north".so ur mention above is simply trying to shift the goalpost.."if thou lack comprehension,thou shalt not mention"

Ziggylady:



I agree.

Atiku should be paying me. I'll release another strategy before flagging off my campaign as DG of Atiku campaign group on NL.

I have over a thousand ideas never used in any campaign before.

An idiot that can't even win his polling unit at home still get mouth to talk.

Ewu fulani.