South-East Needs NNPP More – Kwankwaso

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Monday, July 4th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that the South-East region has lost across major political fronts and that the only hope to the realisation of its ambition is with the NNPP.

Kwankwaso disclosed this on Saturday in Gombe State after the inauguration of the state secretariat of the NNPP.

He pointed out the political challenges bedeviling the South-East, adding that they should be tackled politically.

According to him, the South-East has not been strategic in its plans and they are at the lowest ebb politically.

He said: “I like people of the South-East so much that the Kwankwaso, Kwankwasiyya you hear, many thought it Okonkwo and sons. They said because a Hausa man can’t say Okonkwo and sons, he now turned it to Kwankwaso.

“The South-East is good in terms of business, very hard working and industrious, but one area they must learn is politics. They are at the bottom line.

“If you look at the situation, they have lost out with APC and PDP; no President, no Vice President. The only opportunity the South East has to be President or Vice is with the NNPP. Coincidentally, the party was registered by an Igbo man from Anambra State.

“This is the only golden opportunity that they have. If they lose this opportunity, it will be a disaster. You see the young men and women who keep saying they are marginalised whereas no one is marginalising them because it (politics) is based on calculation.

“Someone was telling me that even if our friend (Peter Obi) wants to withdraw to accept VP, some people in the South East will not accept. All sorts of thinking which are not strategic.

“The best for the South East is to come and partner. Maybe after eight years, after our term, that is the only time they will say okay he is the best for the country.

“Eight years is just like eight days or months but if you are not prepared for it, it will come and leave you worse.

“We are flexible to get the right person. One of them is the Labour Party man (Peter Obi) you are talking about.”