2023: North-West APC legislators laud Buni, Buhari, endorse Yahaya Bello for president

2023: North-West APC legislators laud Buni, Buhari, endorse Yahaya Bello for president

The All Progressives Congress (APC), State Assembly Legislators of the North West Zone, have passed a vote of confidence in Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), for its aggressive repositioning of the party.

The forum endorsed Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello for the 2023 presidency, and also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his sterling and cohesive leadership, urging him not to relent in ensuring that he left  Nigeria in 2023 a better place.

These were all contained in a communiqué issued after the extraordinary meeting of the forum, which also had in attendance, former state lawmakers from the zone.

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The communiqué was read by the former Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Mr Ahmed Marafa, in Abuja Thursday, also urged the Buni-led caretaker committee to zone the party’s Presidency to the north.

Marafa said the North West legislators agreed to support their colleagues in the North Central for the 2023 Presidency, saying the zone had been deprived of the number one position since Nigeria’s independence in 1960.

“We resolved that the state assembly legislators of the Northwest zone endorse and state their unalloyed and unshaken support for the aspiration of the young and ebullient governor of Kogi who has, against all odds, decided to take the bull by the horns, by aspiring to the office of the President of Nigeria, come 2023.

“The members thank him for leading the clarion call for the presidency of Nigeria to come to the Northcentral zone and urged him to have no fear or doubt in his race for the exalted office as members of the Northwest zone are solidly behind him.

“The meeting also agreed to call on the leadership of our great party, APC, to zone the presidency to the Northern region of the country.

“This is because, the North will rule for 10 years, at the end of President Buhari’s tenure, while the Southern region has ruled for 14 years,” the lawmakers said.

Earlier, Speaker Kogi state House of Assembly, Mr Matthew Kolawole, galvanised the incumbent and former state lawmakers’ support for Bello’s presidential aspiration.

Kolawole described Bello as a young dynamic and energetic individual with the capacity to manage Nigerian diversity, who would also fit into the demand for a young president in 2023.

Also, a Sokoto state lawmaker, Alhaji Maidawa (Sagari Constituency), said the state lawmakers and their supporters were in full support of Bello’s presidential ambition.

Maidawa described Bello’s presidential ambition and the meeting as a new beginning for Nigeria.

Mr Aliyu Lawal, representing Kaduna Central, in Kaduna state House of Assembly, described Bello as a bridge-builder and young promising Nigerian who had the capacity to tackle Nigeria’s problems.

“I believe that not only the North will support Bello’s ambition but the other zones of the country,” Lawal said.

On his part, a member of the Zamfara state house of assembly, Mr Yusuf Alhassan, said it was logical for the Northwest, which had at different times, produced the President, to support the Northcentral in 2023.

Alhassan said this was important for the region to have a sense of belonging in the project Nigeria.