Nollywood actor cum politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that the southeast can not produce Nigeria’s president earlier than 2039 if it supports President Bola Tinubu to win re-election in 2027.
Okonkwo, however, argued that if the region supports an opposition party, it can produce a President or Vice-President in 2027 or at the latest by 2031.
He lamented that the Southeast remains marginalized under the Tinubu administration, and the welfare of the entire region remains unattended.
Speaking against the background of the recent defection of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Okonkwo said Tinubu has no interest of the southeast at heart and has marginalized the region in terms of appointments and projects.
The Labour Party chieftain said generally, the economic situation of several Nigerians has worsened under the current administration, with the increase in fuel prices following the fuel subsidy removal and the floating of the naira.
“As of today, the South-East has only one substantive minister, after the disgraceful exit of the Minister of Science and Technology for alleged certificate forgery.
“No citizen of South-East is occupying any position of note in Tinubu’s same faith ticket. Having chosen a fellow Muslim to be his vice president, where does this leave the South-East, who are 99.9% Christians in the scheme of Tinubu’s government?
“Assuming Tinubu is allowed to continue in 2027, God forbid, what it means for the South-East is that they can only think about the presidency in 2039, meanwhile a support for the opposition can produce a President or Vice-President for South-East in 2027 or latest by 2031. Yet Mbah said “I have found in President Bola Tinubu, not just a leader of our nation, but a partner in purpose.”
“Tinubu is certainly not a partner in purpose for the welfare and destiny of the people of South-East, having increased fuel price from N195 per litre to N1,000 per litre and depreciated naira from about N420 to a dollar to about N1,500 per dollar. South-East has never been poorer in any regime like they are now in Tinubu’s regime,” Okonkwo wrote on 𝕏.
Why Mbah May Lose Re-election
Okonkwo also said Governor Mbah’s political allegiance to President Tinubu may cost him re-election and make him a one-term Governor.
He said the APC has become anti-southeast, and this may cause the people to vote against him.
“The property of South-East citizens are randomly destroyed or taken from them without due process. Peter Mbah’s romance with Tinubu is a gamble that may most likely make him a one term governor of Enugu State. The APC has become anti South-East, and anti- Nigerian people, and the governors freely giving their support to Tinubu without negotiating for the interest of the South-East, simply expose them for being selfish and not working for the interest of the South-East,” Okonkwo concluded.
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