BY ADEYEMI AKNAJI, BAUCHI – Even though, he is yet to publicly declare interest the 2023 presidential race, a political support group on the aegis of ‘Northern Nigeria Young Foodstuff Suppliers Union’ has pledged to bankroll the bill for purchasing all the needed forms for the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu should he accept to join the club of the 2023 presidential aspirants.
The Treasurer of the organization, Alhaji Shu’aibu Kano, who stated the position of the traders in a press statement issued in Bauchi, said that they are determined and ready to tax themselves as small scale businessmen and women under the umbrella of the political support organization to purchase the forms for Dr. Onu, who he described as “vibrant and patriotic perfect gentleman”.
Shu’aibu sid the traders are going to use their hard-earned money to bring Nigeria out of the woods by supporting the only ‘incorruptible, detribalised and highly educated Igbo man who has all it takes to turn this country around if elected president.
He further said; “We know it in our bones that if Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu as an old hand in the business of man management becomes the next president of this country, he will put into use the same mechanisms he used in the 90s when he held sway as the first civilian Governor of the old Abia State to take Nigeria to a greater height in the comity of nations.
“In his days as the Governor of the old Abia State when the whole of Ebonyi State was a mere senatorial district, that supply foodstuffs to all the South-Eastern states, we enjoyed relative peace in Onu’s Abia.
“None of the rights of the Muslim communities in Abia State was trampled upon under the watch of the public-spirited Onu. Hence, we want Dr. Onu to come and replicate the same thing at the national level.
“We will make contributions to purchase both the nomination form and the expression of aspiration form for Dr. Onu once his party, the APC names their prices to show our enviable love for the development and unity of this country.
“There is nothing to write home about if a group of Yorubas purchase these forms for their kinsman or a group of Hausas do the same for their fellow Hausa man or an Igbo man purchasing the forms for any Igbo man. But it will showcase true love of country and total commitment if a group of Hausas bankrolls the candidacy of a highly civilized Igbo man like Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who has the traditional title of Garkuwan Maru in Zamfara State.
“His political antecedents, principles and intellectual grand standing place him high above any other politician in this country being one of the few Nigeria’s notable veteran politicians who from 1998 to date has never cross-carpeted from one political party to another as is the case with some All Government in Power (AGIP) politicians.
“He was one of the founding fathers of the defunct APP which was later rechristened ANPP. Onu remained in the ANPP until he finally became its national chairman up to the time when the idea of the creation of the governing APC was conceived.
“In fact, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu was one of the brains behind the formation of the governing APC. This will tell you that Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu is such a highly principled and patriotic Nigerian who does not profane integrity for filthy rich.
“One lgbo adage says; a big masquerade does not appear early in the morning and when it appears it will definitely devour the little ones that came out in the wee hours of the morning,” Shu’aibu said.
