Igbo youth groups under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) have declared June 5, 2023, a day set aside for a two-million-man march in Abuja to press home its resolution that the senate chief whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is the consensus candidate of the people of South East for the position of Senate President of the 10th Assembly.
COSEYL rising from a general meeting of the association in Owerri also resolved in a communique that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should zone the senate president's position to South East for fairness, equity and justice.
The communique which was signed by the president general of the Igbo youth groups, Goodluck Ibem, Ndubuisi Uche, secretary and Okey Nwaoru, publicity secretary respectively, equally called on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu to attend to his health.
Other issues resolved by the youths include: "That, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is seriously sick and needs urgent better medical treatment by his doctors who knows his medical history and knows better how to treat him for a better medical result. This is pertinent to help reduce youth restiveness and insecurity in the South East.
That, the Federal Government should declare a state of emergency on insurgency, terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes in the nation.
The issue of insecurity is very important to be resolved urgently, so that farmers can go ack to farm, cultivate and harvest crops for human consumption. Hunger kills faster than bullets. Food security is important to sustain human existence.
That, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress should zone the position of the
Senate President to South East geopolitical zone and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu the current
Senate Chief Whip is the consensus candidate of the people of South East. This will
ensure fairness, equity and justice."
The youth groups have also urged President Tinubu to prevail on petroleum marketers
to stop the arbitrary increase of fuel prices, emphasizing that its effect is already
causing untold hardship on the people.
