2023: COALITION VOWS TO DELIVER TINUBU IN NORTH

A youth coalition has vowed to ensure that all the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) vote massively for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The National Chairman of the “100% Focus Movement for Jagaban,” Ibrahim Mohammad, told reporters in Abuja that the role played by Tinubu in and outside government singled him out as the most capable and compassionate personality to lead the country from next year as President.

Mohammad said the way Tinubu had fixed Lagos State needed to be replicated in the six geopolitical zones of the country.

He said if the APC had made a mistake with the current administration, it should bring in someone who understands the problems and could effectively fix them.

Mohammad said: "The country needs someone who understands the problems of Nigeria and the exact thing to do and fix it.

"We are hereby urging our people in the country to give the APC another chance to right the wrongs. There is the need to shun ethnic politics so that the military would not intervene.”

Besides, he said Tinubu had been a very loyal follower of those leading his party since he left office as governor in 2007 and had been building leaders all the way.

Also speaking, the National Coordinator of the group said the coalition was formed to sensitise the people of northern Nigeria on the need to vote for Tinubu and Shettima, during the 2023 Presidential Election.

He added the idea started when he was able to touch the lives of some women in his community being a recipient of the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s grant.

He said: "While the challenges facing my people are enormous, a social organisation would not be able to make much impact without collaboration with partners.

"Three organisations partnered with us to float a foundation and we realised that the problem with Nigeria is a lack of purposeful leadership.

"We started beaming our searchlight on leaders who had shown the capacity to provide quality and purposeful leadership, hence we settled for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu."

Mahmood said there was a time Tinubu came to Bauchi and his group interacted with him and held useful discussions with him.

He said the group is out to use the Hausa language which is popularly spoken across the north to reach out to the grassroots on the need to vote for Tinubu/Shettima.

An entrepreneur, Prince Gowon Egbunu, from Kogi State, condemned insinuations that the North was cleverly trying to seize power through the back door by supporting Tinubu.

He said: "Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. The North is not supporting him because we felt he could die. Only God can determine whether a man would die or live.

"We are supporting Tinubu because we believe he has what it takes to creatively turn the economy of Nigeria around for good.”