THE governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has stated that the group of five governors (G-5) led by Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, are agitating for inclusivity, fairness, and equity in Nigeria rather than the 2023 elections.
He stated this yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation of his book titled: ‘The Biochemistry of Environmental Pollution,’ which he co-authored with Dr Kalu Kalu Igwe of the Department of Veterinary and Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.
The members of the G-5 include: Governors of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, Oyo State Seyi Makinde, Benue State Samuel Ortom, Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu.
Ikpeazu asserted that the G-5 governors’, also known as the Integrity Group’s agitation, would continue after the 2023 general elections and that it is unfair for one region to hold sensitive positions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when other regions exist adding that the main issue plaguing the nation is a lack of cohesion and inclusivity.
The governor, who is also running for the PDP nomination for Abia South in the upcoming election, maintained that he would have opposed the party’s critical officials even if they had hailed from his region.
“The greatest problem of Nigeria today is not security, nor is it the economy, it is lack of cohesion. It is disunity. It is because there is mutual suspicion, lack of mutual respect. We must come together – women, youth, people from the South and North. This country belongs to all of us,” he said.
The chairman of the occasion and Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse, commended the governor and the co-author and expressed happiness in the quality of the book.
