2023: We'll Work For Tinubu, Says Igbo Town Unions

The Igbo Town Union General Assembly operating in the 19 Northern States and the FCT Abuja has said that they would work to ensure the realization of the presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023.

The Group made the vow when they visited the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma at the Government House, Owerri.

Governor Uzodimma who commended them for their love of APC assured them that they made the right decision.  

He reiterated his continued preaching for peace and unity of Nigeria.

“Our people that are agitating for secession or ethnic politics don’t consider what the Igbos in the Northern Nigeria are going through and their investments and businesses,” Governor Uzodimma said.

Uzodimma said that the Igbo have a lot of talents yet to be harnessed, “a determined spirit to succeed anywhere they are,” noting that such ambition could be realised in a broader Nigerian space.

He commended the group for their organisational skills and promised to take the issues they raised in their address seriously.

“Put together the Igbos in the Diaspora are more than the Igbos at home and should be taken seriously in the political equation.”

He thanked the members for the confidence the group has reposed in him and assured that he will not disappoint their expectations.

The Governor accepted their request to be their Grand Patron.

The Leader of the group, Dr. Collins Chibueze Ajali, in an addres promised to unanimously use their platform and network to work for the re-election of the Governor in 2023.

“After considering the political situation of today and the forthcoming Presidential election, we have unanimously decided to work for the success of the ruling All Progressive Congress Party (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming Presidential election.”

He said that the decision was taken because of their conviction that APC has the greatest chances of winning the election.

They enumerated the reasons to include that “APC is not only in government but they are also in power which means they are in control of authority at both the National and most Northern States, including Imo State.”

They also used the opportunity to inform the Governor of their core interest in desiring to work for APC which is “to bring in a government that will finally and permanently terminate the daily threats that the Igbos in the North are being confronted with on daily basis.”