Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has restated his stance on the issue of the South-East producing the next president of Nigeria in 2023.
The Elder statesman spoke on the 2023 presidency when a presidential aspirant from the South-East, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, visited him on Friday.
Clark, a first republic minister of information, said Anyim and others from the region should keep persuading and reassuring other Nigerians to buy into an Igbo presidency in 2023.
The elder statesman reaffirmed his passionate “belief that the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 must go to the Southern part of Nigeria and indeed to the South-East zone.
“I encourage you and others to continue the task of persuading and reassuring other Nigerians to share that vision.”
Anyim had told Chief Clark that he would be vying to be Nigeria’s next president because he knew the challenges confronting Nigeria and had the capacity to address them.
Anyim, a former Senate President and Secretary to the Governent of the Federation said, “I thank God that Chief Edwin Clark will soon be 95 years old and yet he is blessed with phenomenal memory, lucid and curious mind, a benevolent heart, and boundless goodwill for all men.
“I thank God for your health and will forever cherish your counsel.
“I will dedicate myself with full enthusiasm and conviction to advance the vision of equity in Nigeria, the unity of our nation, the peace and prosperity of all citizens.”
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