Asks Nnamani, Ugwuanyi, Ekweremadu, others to quit
A socio-political group, Enugu Renaissance, has said the refusal of politicians that have occupied various elective offices since 1999 to quit the stage is overheating the state’s polity.

He regretted that most political actors that have been around in the past 23 years had perfected plans to perpetuate themselves in the system beyond, stating that the development was the root of the zoning crisis in the state.

In a statement yesterday by the Coordinator and Secretary, Joshua Eze and Mary Igwebuike, the group maintained that the recycled politicians should quit for a new generation of players in the interest of fairness and peace.

It accused Enugu politicians of promoting “sit-tight mechanism for their selfish gains.”
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The body said: “Part of the challenge democracy in Enugu State has faced is the penchant by people, who assumed power since 1999, to continue in office in 2023. This is no longer democracy. Enugu State has a zoning arrangement (whether written or not) aimed at promoting sense of belonging in the people. What we have seen recently does not project that. We have continued to have a situation where a few people have held onto political power and manipulated it as it suits them.

They move from one political office to another in every election, which in the long run, has not benefited the state.”

Eze and Igwebuike recalled: “Take a look at what is happening in the state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani was governor for eight years. He left to become senator for Enugu East senatorial zone on completion of his tenure. After four years in the Senate, he was voted out. But he returned again in 2019 to the Senate and wants to continue in 2023. So where is the justice? Where is the equity? We believe he should quit at this time for that office to rotate to another area.”
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