2023: God will give us a president like Buhari, says Ebonyi Governor

Dave Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi State, has expressed hope that in 2023, someone with a “good heart” like President Muhammadu Buhari will emerge as his successor.

Even so, he stated that it is too early to get involved in 2023 politics because it is a distraction for the president and state governors.

Following a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday, the governor fielded questions from reporters. He also stated that members of various political parties from the South-East are working within their parties to ensure that they concede their presidential tickets to the region.
“Well, for me, I’m very much entrenched in completing my projects,” he said when asked if South-East leaders were working to get the major political parties to zone the presidency to the region. And, when my one-year term expires on May 29, 2022, I intend to pursue politics. I believe the same is true for other governors in the South-East, and by extension, governors in the APC.

“In response to your question, my position is that our people in those political parties are working hard to sell the need for the South-East to produce the next president.

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“However, I believe both the governors and Mr. President should remain focused. It should be governance after the elections are completed and won. However, in this country, as soon as the election is over, the next step is for the people to be cheated.

“Those whose job is politics and who are not in elected or appointed positions have all the time and opportunity to canvass. And I believe they are doing so, and doing it well.

“However, I continue to believe that power is in God’s hands. And, for the sake of this country, God will also provide us with the next president, who, like President Buhari, has a good heart.

“We need God’s anointing for our own anointed president, for the sake of the country’s interests and unity.”

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