PDP has said that the call for Igbo presidency from the South-East is morally right and timely.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the South East demand for a President from the region in 2023, is morally right and timely.
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Newsonline reports that it explained that though there is a growing sentiment for the presidency from the South-East, it would only be realistic to support the Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa ticket.
It urged the electorate in the South East geopolitical zone to support the Atiku/Okowa ticket.
The Deputy Director, Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Chukwubuikem Uloka stated this in a statement, in Awka.
The media aide insisted that the PDP had the best blueprint when compared to other political parties as it guaranteed egalitarianism, restructuring, better economic policies and national cohesion.
According to him, “It is comprehensible that the Southeast is demanding a president from the region in 2023; we all agree that such demand is morally right and timely.
“It is important that we remind ourselves that what is important to the Southeast having our region reconnected to the national political and economic grid is through genuine reconciliation, forging strategic alliances with other regions.
The Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign management committee, led by Professor Obiora Okonkwo, is optimistic that the victory of the PDP ticket is the shortest route for an Igbo presidency.”