Iwuanyanwu Seeks PDP BOT Slot For S’East

Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, member
PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), said on Thursday that the chairmanship position of
the party‘s BoT should be reserved for the South East.

Briefing newsmen in Abuja of his intention to contest the position, Iwuanyanwu said that the PDP zoning principle made the provision for the zone to occupy the position.

He said that he was one of the founding members of the
party, who contributed to its growth, adding that as multi-ethnic nation the
zoning principle should be adhered to for the development of the party.

Iwuanyanwu said the principle of zoning
which was called national character in the constitution should not be dropped
as there might be problems.

“In our party we believe in zoning, on
Nov. 16, the South East members of this party met in Enugu and party leaders
from the zone were all there.

“At that meeting they debated and said
that by the party‘s principle of zoning, the position of the party‘s BoT
chairman should come to South East.”

He noted that the party‘s BoT Secretary
was from north, the President from the South South while the South East had yet
to have any key position in the party.

He said that he was the most qualified
person for the party‘s BoT chairman haven used his resources and laboured for
the party in the past.

“I feel I am the best qualified to take
up this job, others are qualified too but I think I should be the best choice
of the party.

“I have spent all my wealth on the party
and on the people. Before I joined politics I was a rich man.

“ But In the process of my political
career, I became poorer than I was unlike some people who came to politics and
became rich.

“I have not built any house and I have
not bought any. Everything I had I got, I had them before I joined politics.

“ I had two aircraft but today I have
none but am still fighting for the youth and the poor people of this country,’’
Iwuanyanwu said.

He urged the people of the South East
and Igbos generally to continue to speak with one voice to ensure they got the
PDP BoT chairmanship post.