{"id":63622,"date":"2018-08-15T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63622"},"modified":"2018-08-15T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T20:10:35","slug":"iwunanyanwun-ihedioha-endorse-atikus-2019-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/iwunanyanwun-ihedioha-endorse-atikus-2019-presidential-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Iwunanyanwun, Ihedioha Endorse Atiku&#8217;s 2019 Presidential bid&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; he will be fair to Igbo People as President &#8211; Iwuanyawu<br \/>\n&#8211; the best President for Nigeria in 2019<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar received a major boost on<br \/>\nWednesday as a BoT member of the People&#8217;s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief<br \/>\nEmmanuel Iwuayanwu described the former Vice President as an intelligent<br \/>\nleader, a true Nigerian and the only aspirant who can be fair to the Igbo<br \/>\npeople\u00a0 in equitable distribution of the nation&#8217;s resources.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Iwuayanwu was among several PDP chieftains who were on hand to<br \/>\nreceive the former VP as his campaign team arrived Imo on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Iwanyanwu who openly declared his support for Atiku&#8217;s aspiration said<br \/>\nhe will accompany him abd the campaign team to the party secretariat as a<br \/>\nmark of his endorsement and his unalloyed support saying he is looking<br \/>\nforward to Atiku&#8217;s installation as the President before announcing his<br \/>\nretirement from active politics.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries on hand to receive Atiku at the Imo International Airport<br \/>\nincluded Sen. Chris Anyanwu, former Governor Achike Udenwa and former<br \/>\nMinister Kema Chikwe, Elder Godswill Orubebe, Dr Okwi Nwodo, Yaya Abubakar<br \/>\nand several others.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, former Deputy Speaker,\u00a0 House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka<br \/>\nIkhedioha decsribed Alhaji Atiku as the best President Nigeria will have in<br \/>\n2019.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, the former Vice President thanked the leaders and the good<br \/>\npeople of Imo for the rousing welcome and overwhelming support.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out the need for the leaders to listen and appreciate the<br \/>\nfeelings and aspirations of the people of Imo State and the\u00a0 entire South<br \/>\nEast geopolitical zone which he said would be addressed at the appropriate<br \/>\ntime in his government if given the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his special appreciation to Chief Iwuayanwu\u00a0 for his efforts<br \/>\nat stabilising the party and enjoined other leaders to emulate his example<br \/>\nby providing the required leadership across Igboland.<\/p>\n<p>Exposing the incompetence of the ruling APC, Atiku took a swipe at failed<br \/>\npromises especially in the area of job creation. &#8220;Rather than fulfilling<br \/>\nthe promise of creating 3 million jobs, he said &#8220;we have lost 3 million<br \/>\njobs, security has collapsed, farmers cannot go to farm amid palpable fear<br \/>\nacross the land. He described the current leadership of the APC as one that<br \/>\nis only ready to take over power but not prepared for governance.<\/p>\n<p>Extolling the virtues of Chief Iwuayanwu, the former Governor of Ogun State<br \/>\nand the Director General Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation described<br \/>\nhim as a man imbued with sterling leadership qualities, an astute<br \/>\nadministrator, a fearless politician and uncommon philanthropist who has<br \/>\ncontributed immensely to Nigeria&#8217;s socio-economic developemnt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; he will be fair to Igbo People as President &#8211; Iwuanyawu &#8211; the best President for Nigeria in 2019 The Presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar received a major boost&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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