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Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said it is not yet the turn of the South-East to produce the next president, appealing to the people of the region to exercise patience.
Umahi who made this statement in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, emphasized the need for political fairness and continuity in 2027.
According to him, “No, it is not our time; it is not the time of the South-East yet. We the 17 Southern governors went to Asaba before 2023 and we went to say, listen, it doesn’t matter the political party, but the next president should come from the South.
Continuing, “All of us tried but the crown came upon President Bola Tinubu. He is from the South and so, it is wrong for the south-east to come and say, oh, it is their turn.
He stated that Tinubu has to finish the eight years, pointing out that the eight years he took is for the betterment of both the South and the North.
“So he has to finish, and when he has finished in 2031, the south-east now can vie, in the sense that they have never tasted the position before,” he said.
The former Ebonyi State governor also explained that there are people very eminently qualified and better than those who are clamouring for it now.
He also admitted that the South-East had suffered some measure of marginalisation in the past, insisting that this was the reason it was very difficult for some governors like him to deliver the zone for All Progressives Congress, APC, during the 2023 general elections.
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