The coalition of northern elders has asked all the major political parties to zone their 2023 presidential ticket to the south east region
The coalition says this will end the alleged marginalization of the region in the scheme of things in Nigeria since 1999
The group in a statement, by its national coordinator, Zana Goni, on Sunday urges the PDP and APC, specifically, to issue their 2023 presidential tickets only to candidates of Igbo extraction to actualize the dream of the region to produce the next president
According to the coalition, after President Muhammadu Buhari from the north, completes his two-term in 2023, the next president should come from the south-east region It asks Ndigbo apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to embark on massive consultations and lobbying of other regions to back the presidential ambition of the south-east
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