I’m pained by Jonathan’s defeat — Ifeanyi Ubah

•Buhari can’t avoid Ndigbo
•TAN was not adjourned by FG
National Coordinator of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah in this annual barres his apperception on the aftereffect of the 2015 accepted elections a allotment of added issues.
Towhat admeasurement was TAN cogent during the backroom period?
We are blessed about the appulse we accept fabricated in the polity. I accept that aural a actual abbreviate aeon of time we will be able to accomplish our mark on the political landscape. We were able to draw absorption to the activities of government as able-bodied as mobilise the grassroots for a added able-bodied political engagement.
Our activities generated acute discussions apropos the best of candidates and aswell added colour and actuality to the political space. The best aftereffect is the inputs of associations like TAN added than political parties in accretion the political space.
Many are of the appearance that the Igbo put all their eggs in one bassinet by alone acknowledging President Goodluck Jonathan and that activity in the activity may not diviner able-bodied for them What is your yield on this?
It was accepted that the Igbo will vote for Jonathan. The Igbo had absolutely a amount of opportunities in his administration.
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Even admitting Jonathan did a lot for the Igbo a lot of of the things he did were for the North. The Kashbila Dam is the better activity handled by Jonathan’s administering and it was cited in the North. The Abuja and Kaduna railways are aswell in the North.
Irrespective of that, the Igbo are still beholden of the things he did for us. Be that as it may, my position is that Accepted Buhari should accede the Igbo and accomplish them his accompany and if accessible do added than Jonathan did for us.
On plight of Ndigbo in Lagos
For 16 years that the APC has been in power, they never cared about giving an Igbo man a aperture to vie for an constituent position in the Lagos Accompaniment House of Assembly or in the House of Representatives. If the APC has not accustomed Igbo that befalling in Lagos, we anticipate there is still acrimony adjoin the Igbo in the state. There are ample populations of Igbo in abounding locations of Lagos so it is accepted that political parties agency these issues in their best of candidates for constituent offices. What we accept done by acknowledging the PDP is not something that we wish the Lagos Accompaniment government or any being whatsoever, to be affronted with. They should yield this as an befalling to go aback to the cartoon lath and see how we can be accommodated. All that we ask for which is to be complex in the arrangement of things.
Nigerians are associates of assembly in the UK, why can’t humans be adopted in places area they accept spent all their lives? We are not alone talking about Igbo, we wish this for all Nigerians, no amount area they appear from.
The elections accept appear and gone. We should go aback to the cartoon lath and plan for the next band of action. I’m beholden to the association of Lagos who through their votes showed that it is the applicant that affairs and not area he comes from.
What do you anticipate Ndigbo should do to abide accordant in boilerplate politics?
My admonition is not toNdigboalone, my admonition is to the government of Nigeria. The government should embrace all Nigerians irrespective of their tribes or tongues. Our leaders accept to body a nation area humans get what they deserve and are not beggared of what they accurately deserve on annual of area they appear from or do not appear from. Humans accept to aswell reside in accord wherever they acquisition themselves. They accept to aswell account the ability of their localities.
On the admission government?
The government should backpack Ndigbo forth by giving us added states. That is one affair that is actual important. If you do this for Ndigbo, there is no way you will not be appreciated. Ndigbo are not allurement for so abundant from the government. We alone ask for acceptable governance, infrastructural development in Igboland, a accessory business atmosphere, akin arena field, and aegis of lives and properties. You know, they voted Jonathan because his government affirmed them these. So, they say we can accord South East added state, so that we accept six states, like the added zones. For archetype North-West has seven. We don’t wish seven. Just accord us six, like others. We will, like others, be reassured that we are allotment of this federation.
The additional way to reassureNdigboand breed their assurance is to accomplish them an basic allotment of the in-coming government. This is of absolute importance. In any case, I admiration how any government which excludesNdigbobecause they did not vote en accumulation for the President will function.Leadershipquialities
Such a government will abominably portray itself as petty and vindictive. I about do not anticipate that Accepted Buhari will be abiding to exclude or ‘punish’Ndigbo. He does not bang me as such a person. He is a abundant Nigerian with aberrant administration qualities.
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