Igbo’s producing next president will quench marginalization talks, says Ngige

Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has stated that the South-East producing the next president will aid in alleviating the region’s concerns of marginalization.

He bemoaned the fact that the 1999 Constitution does not allow for zoning, which would have improved the region’s chances in the 2023 presidential election.

Ngige, who spoke on Channels Television’s Newsnight show, argued that the late General Sani Abacha’s 1995 Constitution is appropriate for the current scenario.

“The people in the area have perceived that they are marginalised, that they are unappreciated, whether it was done by propaganda and brainwashing or not, that is now immaterial.

“So I agree with that proposal, unfortunately, the Nigerian Constitution does not have that. This is where I quarrel with those who authored the 1999 Constitution.

“I still believe today, tomorrow, the Abacha Constitution of 1995 that espouses rotational presidency into the six zones in Nigeria, a single five-year tenure in order to heal all the wounds; the wounds of civil war, and the wound of June 12.

“Now, that constitution would have been the best constitution for Nigerians to use for the next 30 years by which the six zones would have tested the presidency,” the minister stated.