By Naseeru Taneemu Annuree
Ahead of 2023 general elections, a Northern Nigeria based support group of former Lagos state Governor and current National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has entered Kano state penultimate week as part of it’s sensitization outreach to all the nineteen (19) states in Nigeria’s northern region.
The group known as ‘Northern Region Supports Tinubu 2023 for President [NRST-23] was formed as a movement to propagate the values, principles, and the 2023 presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It has branches in all the nineteen northern states including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
The group led by it’s national Coordinator, Hon. Dahiru HammaDikko met with critical stakeholders in Kano that includes Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, His Excellency Abdullahi Tijjani Muhammad Gwarzo, and Arch. Aminu Dabo amongst others where he reiterated the need for all to help deepen the lifespan of Nigeria’s democracy beyond 2023 by rallying round Tinubu’s presidential aspirations.
In a telephone interview with our reporter, HammaDikko noted that Tinubu remain the most qualified to takeover the mantle of leadership from President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2023 due to his proven integrity, decades long experience, vast knowledge of Nigeria’s political and leadership terrains.
He said Tinubu has garnered an excellent understanding of the Nigerian economy on top of over 40years working experiences in both private and public capacities. Hence, the need for Nigerians across all boards to unhesitatingly throw their weights behind him.
Explaining the reasons why the APC National Leader deserved the Northern support in 2023, Hon. Hammandikko recalled that in 2007 and 2011, Tinubu formed and financed political parties for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to contest for presidential elections respectively, and both happened to be of Northern extraction.
“In 2014, Tinubu supported and financed the largest and most successful merger of political parties in Nigeria’s political history to form the APC where he relentlessly deployed his well fortified Southwest structures to ensure General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) scale through both the party primaries and general elections in 2014 and 2015 respectively.” He noted.
HammaDikko also noted that Tinubu deployed his best ideas and techniques to ensure that APC emerge victorious in 2019 general elections despite a last minute merger by some high profiled political parties.
He further stated that both the Senate President and Speaker of the current leadership of the National Assembly owed their emergence as number three and fourth citizens mostly to Tinubu’s high profiled political interventions.
Hammandikko further expressed confidence that owing to what Tinubu has achieved in Nigeria’s political terrains which is hitherto unmatched by his contemporaries, he remain the best option for Nigeria’s top job come 2023.
”Because of his patriotism, honesty, transparency; justice, foresight, commitment; vision, openness and gentility, he remain unmatched in the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023.” He said.
