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A former deputy president of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday declared his intention to contest for the governorship of Enugu State in 2023 saying there is no existence of zoning in the state.
Ekweremadu, who currently represents Enugu West, was first elected a senator in 2003.
Declaring his intention at a world press conference in Enugu, tagged “media consultation,” Ekweremadu said he was going into the governorship race to make a pathway for a new Enugu State.
He said he was not a product of zoning and would introduce an all-embracing governance that would benefit the whole state irrespective of zones.
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Ekweremadu explained that if there had been zoning arrangement in governance as canvassed in some quarters in the state, he would not have been in the Senate for five terms.
He said, “If anybody said there was an agreement on zoning, let that person say it. I was never a product of zoning. If there had been zoning, I’d not have been in the Senate for five times.”
