2023 Presidency: Northern Leaders Reveal Who They Will Support
- Northern leaders have declared that they would only support a presidential candidate that is ready to deliver
- According to them, the candidate must be able to show commitment and capacity to address the challenges facing the region
- They also lamented the insecurity, disunity, backwardness and other social issues militating against the development of the region
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Northern leaders across different professionals drawn from the 19 states of the region have made a statement on whom to support for the 2023 presidential election.
According to them, the region will only support a presidential candidate who shows commitment and capacity to address the challenges facing the region.
This is even as they lamented the insecurity, disunity, backwardness and other social issues militating against the development of the region, Leadership Newspaper reports.
Source: UGC
The leaders who bemoaned the inability of the region’s leaders to set in motion, steps towards addressing the problems facing it made this known at a two-day conference in Abuja organised by a pro-northern group, Arewa New Agenda (ANA).
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Also, they decried the erosion of the unity that once held the region together.
The secretary general, AREWA Consultative Forum, Murtala Aliyu, noted that the region must “reinforce its confidence and negotiate with the country’s political leadership to ensure its speedy development.”
This is as he regretted that for long leaders from the north had pursued “narrow and personal interest as against the interest of the people of the area.”
His position was corroborated by the director, AREWA House, Dr Shuaibu Aliyu, whose submission observed that the region remains the binding force unifying the country.
While regretting that the region had been abandoned for decades, Dr Aliyu pointed out that the area can “comfortably compete with the rest of the world if its agro-sector is developed.”
Northern elders call for immediate arrest of critic of Peter Obi
Meanwhile, a Katsina-based activist, Shehu Mahdi, has been criticised by some northern elders over his statement on Peter Obi.
Mahdi was seen in a video advising Christians in the North against voting Peter Obi, a presidential candidate from the south who is a Christian.
According to the activist, a vote for the Labour Party, presidential candidate, would amount to a vote for Biafra, and a secessionist.
Peter Obi reveals the truth about oil subsidy, some people might be angry
Meanwhile, in a message that will probably annoy some influential people, Peter Obi, has lambasted the regime of fuel subsidy.
He consequently described it as organised crime, promising to tackle it decisively if elected president. Obi made this known in Lagos, at Private Sector Economic Forum for 2023 presidential election, organised by Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Going further, the presidential candidate also promised to immediately stop the dollarisation of the Nigerian domestic economy on resumption of office.
Source: Legit.ng
