{"id":67911,"date":"2022-07-06T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T16:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/presidency-kwankwaso-believes-igbos-are-political-forerunners-nnpp-on-anti-igbo-comment"},"modified":"2022-07-06T18:57:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:57:13","slug":"presidency-kwankwaso-believes-igbos-are-political-forerunners-nnpp-on-anti-igbo-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/presidency-kwankwaso-believes-igbos-are-political-forerunners-nnpp-on-anti-igbo-comment","title":{"rendered":"Presidency: Kwankwaso believes Igbos are political forerunners \u2013 NNPP on anti-Igbo comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof. Rufa\u2019i Ahmed Alkali, has said the party\u2019s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not denigrate Igbos.<\/p>\n

Alkali said Kwankwaso believes that the Southeast are forerunners in the country\u2019s political sphere.<\/p>\n

He was reacting to a recent comment by the former Kano State governor that the Southeast was good in business but at the bottom of Nigeria\u2019s political ladder.<\/p>\n

Kwankwaso had made the remark in Gombe State while noting why he can\u2019t be the running mate of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n

However, Alkali said Kwankwaso\u2019s remark was taken out of context.<\/p>\n

In a statement he issued, Alkali said: \u201cKwankwaso, while inaugurating the Gombe executive, was quoted as having said Southeast (Igbo people) are good in business, but at the bottom of politics in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cNNPP wishes to categorically state that the statement was situated out of context, as the NNPP presidential candidate has always emphasised that Igbo were frontrunners in the fight for the nation\u2019s struggle for independence, and had produced the first President of the country in the person of the late Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of the Senate, Dr. Nwafor Orizu, former Vice President, the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, four former Presidents of the Senate from 1999 till date, and other top political office holders.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been calls for Kwankwaso and Obi\u2019s parties to merge ahead of the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n

Amid the claims, Kwankwaso was said to have proposed the position of his running mate to Obi.<\/p>\n

But, Obi had dismissed such, stressing that he can\u2019t be Kwankwaso\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof. Rufa\u2019i Ahmed Alkali, has said the party\u2019s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not denigrate Igbos. Alkali said Kwankwaso believes that the Southeast are forerunners in the country\u2019s political sphere. 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