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Weeks after his posters surfaced in some states of the country, Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, declared at the weekend that he would contest to succeed President Muhammadās Buhari in 2023.
The governor said his ambition is predicated on calls by Nigerian youths, women, the less-privileged, among others.
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Bello, at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, however, noted that he would not jump the gun, but wait for the āofficial timeā to formally join the race.
āI donāt refer to this as my presidential ambition. It is the ambition of the youths, the younger generation, the women, the less-privileged, the deprived and the oppressed in the society.
āThese are the people calling me to come and serve, to run and contest for president in 2023 and in order that I donāt run foul of the law, I am waiting for an appropriate time to officially give the nod to that call.
āAnd, as a matter of fact, because I belong to that constituency, humble background, young, and Iām seeing exactly the less-privileged, the oppressed, the needy and quest for good governance in Nigeria, I donāt think when the time comes, I am going to turn the request down. I wonāt turn it down; surely.ā
He equally dismissed calls by some high-ranking members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect the zoning arrangement with regards to the presidential ticket, between the North and South.
āThereās no zoning arrangement in our party; none that is existent that I know. If we want unity, if we want togetherness, letās jettison all that divides us.
āI believe the younger generation has the antidote to fix the country because itās only with the youths that thereās nothing like north or south or I am a Muslim or Christian.
āThe focus should be on what unites us. In Nigeria, today, Iām more concerned about the unity of Nigerian youths and the younger generation. I think we should tread carefully on that.
āIn 2015, nowhere was it zoned to the north; everybody contested, including Rochas Okorocha, who contested against Mr. President. In the Peopleās Democratic Party, same, and in other political parties.
āIn 2019, nobody was willing to come and challenge Mr. President. It wasnāt as if anybody was deprived (of the opportunity) and so in 2022 election, it should be for everybody, let everybody contest, let the best emerge, the best that Nigeria would be proud of tomorrow,ā he said.
On the issue of āflying kites on his presidential ambitionā before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially opened the gate, he jocularly retorted: āI donāt fly kites! I fly planes.ā
He reiterated that he āwould continue to be a lone voice in insisting that there is no Coronavirusā in his state; even ifĀ it is deemed controversial.
Source: www.sunnewsonline.com
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