By Correspondent in Minna.
Unified Northern Nigeria Youth Forum (UNNYF), has declared support for the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s bid to become the next President of Nigeria, come 2023.
This is coming on the heels of the call on Nigerians by the former Governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi, to ensure they vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) without which he said the country could not move forward.
Speaking to newsmen in Minna, Niger state capital on Sunday after road walk,by members of the group, their Director-General Dr Ibrahim Bature, said “the CBN Governor is the best man to turn Nigeria’s economy.”
While insisting that an Igbo Presidency, come 2023 is for equity, fairness and justice Bature said that the CBN Governor had proven his worth and therefore wants the entire north and Nigerians in general to support him.
Members of the the group want their fellow northerners and Nigerians in general to rally round Emefiele, considering his policies that had rejuvenated the nation’s economy, especially in agricultural sector now contributing tremendously to the GDP.
As financial expert and seasoned economist, Emefiele, if elected, will replicate those impactful policies in other sectors of economy for the betterment of the country.
Emefiele is a southerner with a large heart, compassion for the north championed Northern Renaissance in his national economic policies, hence the declaration of 100 percent support for him.
In a related development, former Governor Peter Obi said only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could return Nigeria to socioeconomic normalcy next year.
Obi, who said he is in Minna on a private visit on Sunday,lamented the economic stagnation and hardship inflicted on Nigerians by the President Buhari led APC government.
Peter Obi also told journalists that though he was interested in contesting, he would willingly support whoever emerges PDP candidate,come 2023 Presidency.
Our Correspondent, however, gathered that Obi’s visit might not be unconnected with the crisis rocking the state PDP, hence his intervention to broker peace.
Former Governor Obi was accompanied to Minna, by the former Governors of Kaduna and Niger state, Dr. Munzu Babangida Aliyu.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
