Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says those who believe northern Nigeria will not support the re-election of Bola Tinubu in 2027 are “making a big mistake”.
Ganduje spoke in Abuja on Friday when he received a
delegation of northern Nigeria youth leaders from the 19 northern states during
a courtesy visit.
“There is no better candidate to govern Nigeria beyond 2027
from the southern Nigeria than Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
“Pertaining to the next election in 2027, those that are
nursing or thinking otherwise that the north will vote another candidate other
than Asiwaju are making a big mistake.”
The former governor of Kano said Tinubu is the first
president Nigeria is “lucky” to have, who is a core politician.
“This is the first time Nigeria as a nation is lucky to have
a politician as president; his constituency is politics, his upbringing is
politics because he believes in the unity of this country,” he said.
“In fact, he struggled; he was even in exile for democracy
to survive in Nigeria. So, there is no better person to be elected in 2027 than
Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Ganduje said there was an agreement, before the election of
the late President Muhammadu Buhari, that power would return to the south after
eight years.
“Asiwaju has only been there for less than four years now,
and we have seen the measures, the reforms that he undertook,” he said.
“The reforms that he introduced in order to improve the
social economic development of this country.”
He said Tinubu showed courage by removing the fuel subsidy
when previous governments and the other 2023 presidential candidates avoided
the decision.
“All the candidates who contested with him in 2023 promised
to remove the fuel subsidy; even the previous government promised to remove the
subsidy, but nobody was bold enough to do that job,” he said.
“But Asiwaju has succeeded in removing the subsidy, and now
all the state governors, irrespective of their political leaning, believe they
are getting more funds for the development of their states.”
He said the subsidy removal was done for national
development and not to benefit APC governors.
“So, this president has undertaken measures that will
improve the economy of this country,” he said.
Ganduje commended the northern Nigeria youth leaders for
mobilising support and funds for Tinubu’s re-election.
“There’s no better commitment than this; you are
contributing funds, your brain, your energy, and your time to ensure the
re-election of Asiwaju,” he said.
Murtala Gamji, national leader of the group, said the youths
would mobilise across the 19 northern states to support Tinubu’s re-election.
“We have all agreed to support the re-election of Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu by massively mobilising youths in the 19 northern states and
to raise funds to buy his nomination form,” he said.
Gamji said claims that the north would not support Tinubu in
2027 were false.
“That’s a lie because nobody has supported us in the north
like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
The forum also decorated Ganduje as the grand patron of the
Northern Nigeria Youth Leaders Forum.
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