Press Release

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Council Worldwide after their Consultative Virtual Meeting on Monday With Igbo Leaders and Elders, OYC had been Mandated by Igbo Elders to Start mounting pressure on the Southeast Governors to abandon their Political Parties especially those in the People’s Democratic Party to join the mainstream and ruling party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, without further delay.

OYC urge the Governors that there are no political benefits for Southeast to remain in a Political Party that has no respect and value for Igbos except milking their votes during elections through deceitful mediums and fake promises, with manipulative politicians. 

Historically, Igbos had never remain in the opposition party since 1960, more importantly, Igbos deserves better deals in the Southeast Region, and only through active roles in Mainstream Political Party can bountifully increase dividends of democracy and projects in the Southeast Zone, the continuous exclusion of Southeast zone from Federal  Government’s crucial political appointments and landmark projects are attributed to Igbo’s absence in the mainstream politics, and Igbo Youths Want this unpleasant situations to end and urge Southeast Governors to embrace APC and decamp without further delay.

OYC Call on Southeast Governors to Save Igbo Political future and collapse three States into APC before the APC’S National Convention in other to control their State structures because changing sad political narratives of Igbos are imminent and sacrosanct, as it will serve as sanction to PDP Leadership, to reverse their earlier decision for an open Presidential Contest to Zoning Formula enshrined in her party’s Constitution that favours Igbo Presidency Project. 

Since PDP Presidential Ticket is an open contest and there’s no zoning formula enshrined  in APC’s Constitution, there are political fortunes for Igbos to pursue vigorously 2023 Igbo Presidency Project in APC with four Southeast Governors (Anambra inclusive by 2021), it will strengthen strategically Igbo collective interests and bargaining  in APC by 2023.

Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro – President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide

Mazi Okwu Nnabuike – Secretary General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide