2015: No Way For Igbo President –Iwuanyanwu

Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi (left) and the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr Levi Gogo, at a training workshop for ministries, departments and agencies on Budget Planning, Implementation and Monitoring System in Port Harcourt, on Monday.

A Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) chieftain in Imo State,
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu,  yesterday
dismissed the possibility of a president of Igbo extraction emerging in 2015
without an effective zoning arrangement.

Iwuanyanwu, three times presidential aspirant, said this at
a press conference in Owerri, where he advocated for the inclusion of zoning of
political offices in the constitution.

He said the six existing zones should be given equal
opportunity to produce the president of the country through a zoning
arrangement.

Iwuanyanwu added that for any zoning policy to be effective
and meaningful, it must be in the constitution.

He said the Igbos have qualified and experienced people
capable of leading the country.

The PDP chieftain identified internal politics and
selfishness as part of factors militating against the aspiration of such
people.

He also canvassed for the autonomy of local councils, saying
the constitution should be amended to allow the councils total control of their
funds.

He said state government’s control of the council funds was
responsible for the failure of the local government system, as it had made it
impossible for any council chairman to embark on projects beneficial to their
communities.

On security matters, Iwuanyanwu urged the Federal Government
to address the fundamental causes of insecurity in the country, so that its
fight against it would be effective.

According to him, the level of unemployment in the country
is alarming and the government needs to address the issue if it hopes to win
the war against insecurity.

Iwuanyanwu recommended that some stipends should be paid to
unemployed youths in local government areas, believing that such gesture would
help to reduce crime in the country.