for new NigeriaNnamani tells Peter Obi

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

Former Governor of Enugu state, Chimaroke Nnamani has asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to withdraw his petition against the President elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and join him in the task of making a new nation.

In a statement he issued yesterday, Senator Nnamani urged Obi and his supporters to align with the ebullience and conviviality welcoming Tinubu’s victory to the office of the President of the greatest black nation on earth.

He said that Obi knows he has neither spread nor national appeal to win the presidential election, pointing out that what Obi is doing with the petition is “bad belle, petulance and demarketing.

According to him, “His Petition is dead on arrival. He does not have the spread or national appeal. His appeal to non electoral matters is to demarket the President elect and besmirch his reputation”.

Nnamani reiterated “he does not have near spread and national appeal. His petition is ego driven, joke carried too far. His attempt to highlight non electoral issues is trying to embarrass the President elect”.

To this end, he counseled that “Obi needs to come down from his high horse to allow sedate minds to negotiate on behalf of the Igbo and South East for safe landing to include our stake in the national palavar and share of the accruals of the commonwealth”.

According to Nnamani “we must join the main stream and participate in the making of a new Nigeria. We are not going any where. We de kampe and ready to bargain for our own share. It is a common knowledge that others are doing the same.

“Igbo has to confront reality now or be consigned to the backwoods of history. Time to align is now”.

Odebumi,( Surulere/Ogo Oluwa Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the 9th Assembly.

At the meeting, the lawmakers who expressed delight over the candidature of Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu observed that Nigeria needs someone with the ability, capacity, competence and quality leadership to unify the country,hence the resolve to rally support for Betara who doubles as the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations.

The communiqué reads: “While wishing our Muslim brothers and sisters a happy Eidel-fitr celebrations, the coalition of former members of the National Assembly from the six geo political zones of the country, have come together to throw our weight behind the man of the moment, Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu (OON), to steer the affairs of the House of Representatives as the 10th Speaker of the noble Green Chambers, commencing from June, 2023.

“This decision was arrived at by the various past members, after very rigorous analysis of the best man suited for the job at this crucial moment in the Nigerian polity.

“We unanimously agreed that the country needs someone with the ability and capacity to unify the country, the competence and skills to drive an effective and productive Legislature, a bridge builder between the other arms of

Government and above all, a man with serene humility, character and fear of God in discharging the duties associated with the office. That person is no other than Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu (OON).

“The former members from the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Assembly, unanimously resolved to mobilise support and reach out to the new members elect from their zones, with detailed facts of Hon. Muktar Betara Aliyu’s solid and intimidating antecedents with regards to his Legislative prowess over the years thus, singling him out as the suitable person over other contestants,” the communiqué stated.