I will work for power rotation, LG autonomy at 10th NASS - Onjeh

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The All Progressives Congress(APC) Benue South senatorial candidate. Comrade Daniel Onjeh has received the endorsement of the 'Igede In 2023 Movement'.

The endorsement was the highpoint of an interface between Onjeh and the Movement in Makurdi, Benue State.

The 'Igede In 2023 Movement' is a sociopolitical organisation comprising of Igede elites in academia, business, politics and public service worldwide under the leadership of Dr. Jonah Ogbaji.

A statement by Prince Maxwell Ogiri, the Director of Media of the Onjeh Campaign Organisation, indicated Onjeh affirmed that beyond rhetoric and lip service, there was a need for a legal framework for the rotation of power to accommodate the interests of minority ethnic groups and communities in Nigeria.

He added that power rotation and full-fledged local government autonomy will be topmost on the agenda of the 10th National Assembly, assuring his Igede kins that if he gets elected into the Senate, he'll be an integral part of the critical mass of federal legislators that would pursue this worthy cause.

Onjeh informed his hosts that since the creation of Apa State had become a mirage, it was only through power rotation amongst the three Senatorial Districts of Benue State, that a Benue South citizen may become Governor of the State in the future.

He noted that given the deplorable state of the roads leading in and out of Igede land, which has literally disconnected the people from the rest of the world, if he were a Senatorial Candidate of the PDP that has held power in Benue...