2023: Aspirant demands PDP zone Presidential ticket to south-east

A presidential aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has demanded that the party’s presidential ticket for 2023 should be zoned to southeast region of the country.

Anakwenze made the demand on Tuesday this shortly after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms, at the party’s national secretariat, in Abuja.

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He said that the Southeast zone had often helped other parts of the country to produce the nation’s president and that no presidential aspirants from the south east will step down for any zone.

He also solicited support of Nigerians as he revealed his plans to address the current hardship faced in the country is as a result of bad leadership.

He said that the south west was compensated with power after the death of Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the 1993 presidential election.

“We supported everybody. It’s time for everybody to support us. Well, the West have had their own. “South south had its own turn. So, for equity and fairness, the only zone that has not ruled this country is the south east and that is why some of us are throwing our hats into the ring to be able to talk to the PDP family and delegates that will come for the congress to consider fairness.

“We have shown strength, we have shown commitment, we have shown respect, we have shown honour and this is the time that PDP will consider the brain that will recover this country from total collapse,” Anakwenze said.

He, however, blamed the suffering of Nigerians on bad leadership, saying that if he wins the PDP presidential ticket and emerges as president, he will rebuild the nation, leveraging on the talents of the youths.

He said, “I know the PIB law passed recently, that encourages modular refinery but how many of them have been made known. I can be able to pull it from $1 million to $150,000 which is accepted to the license fee. I believe that the problem of petroleum scarcity will be solved.”