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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presiding Bishop, House of God Int\u2019l Church, Athan Azubuike has claimed the Igbos will always play second fiddle and may never produce the president of Nigeria even when they have all it takes to lead the country in 2023.<\/p>\n

The cleric said this at an event for young clergy in Owerri.<\/p>\n

He insisted that the average Igbo man is a trader and not a politician as they do not have the skills to mobilise people at the grassroots<\/p>\n

He said,\u201d One thing about an Igbo man is that an average Igbo person is a trader only interested in profit-making, we are not interested in working. We are not interested in the grassroots. Once it\u2019s a few months to elections, Igbo politicians will start visiting churches in remote villages, that is the sense of a trader, not a politician.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dLet me be very frank with all on why Igbos may never produce a president but play second fiddle by asking who is coming out in Igbo land? You\u2019ll tell me it\u2019s Rochas Okorocha, Anyim Pius Anyim, Sam Ohuabunwa among others but since Pius became the Senate President, how many times have you seen him and others in Imo State. The presidency is not a local government election .\u201d<\/p>\n

He said,\u201d Today, people are talking about the 2023 presidency and I ask those Igbo politicians claiming to be interested in the race what have they been doing to galvanize the grassroots.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further queried,\u201d Why is it that an Igbo man is only interested in meeting people only when it\u2019s a few months to any election. It\u2019s arrant nonsense. If the program organized by Mezie Imo Clergy Forum today was held in Yoruba land or the North, this place will be filled with great personalities but here the reverse is the case\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201d A good politician works before he shows his ambition. A good politician works before galvanizing for election, that is why I said an Igbo man is a trader, not a politician.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a presidential aspirant, you need to move around, increase your horizon and coordinate with other zones even before now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Presiding Bishop, House of God Int\u2019l Church, Athan Azubuike has claimed the Igbos will always play second fiddle and may never produce the president of Nigeria even when they have all it takes to lead the country in 2023. The cleric said this at an event for young clergy in Owerri. 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