Igbo socio-cultural
organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Thursday said the Igbo would not beg
the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, for appointments.
It said issues of appointments were constitutional obligations
that every President of Nigeria, irrespective of the voting pattern of a
people in an election, must comply with.
It condemned the move by certain people, who claimed to be
representing the Igbo, who allegedly went to Buhari to beg for
appointments for Ndigbo in his government.
The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Anambra State, Dr. Chris
Eluomunoh, who spoke as the chairman of state presidents’ forum of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, comprising seven Igbo speaking states, stated this at a
press conference in Awka, Anambra State.
He said the Igbo nation was an integral part of Nigeria and must get their due share in the country as a matter of right.
Eluemunoh maintained that the Igbo had no regrets voting for
President Goodluck Jonathan in the just concluded general elections,
stressing that the circumstance of the time made the voting pattern
necessary.
“We didn’t vote for Jonathan because we didn’t like Buhari. The
circumstance of the moment made our voting proper, and we don’t regret
it.
“Nobody can intimidate the Igbo because of the way we voted in that
election; neither shall we beg anybody for appointments because we
didn’t vote for him.
“Every zoning arrangement for appointments in this country must
include the Igbo. So those who called themselves Ohanaeze elders, who
went to beg for appointments for Ndigbo, were on their own. They are not
speaking for us.
“Ohanaeze is not partisan. At the appropriate time, we shall meet with the President-elect to chart a course for the country.”
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