Two thousand businessmen from the South East have contributed N1 billion to support the campaign of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
At the TownHall meeting with business leaders in the region on Thursday in Owerri, Imo State capital, Governor Hope Uzodimma said that membership of the group was drawn from all the five states of the region.
“I am happy to say our people are fully in support of our presidential candidate who has come to share his vision and plan for Nigeria and the South East today. To support this aspiration, the sum of N1 billion has been raised by 2,000 business owners across the South East states”, Uzodimma said.
A spokesman for the group, Emeka Mgbudem said the group believes in Nigeria and is committed to peace.
He said that members contributed N500,000 each because they believe in Tinubu, after reading his Action Plan for Nigeria.
He said where an Igbo man puts his money, he puts his heart.
He however asked Tinubu to remove the numerous checkpoints on the roads in the region and also build the roads linking the state capitals in the region.
Responding, Tinubu pledged to introduce technology in the clearing of goods at the ports that would render unnecessary the checkpoints on the roads.
He also promised to run a government where all Nigerians are treated equally.
