Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), says he will run an inclusive government in partnership with Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, if elected president.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP)
named Kwankwaso as his running mate on Saturday at the NDC national convention
in Abuja.
Obi and Kwankwaso contested the last presidential election
but finished third and fourth, respectively, behind former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu, who was declared the winner.
Kwankwaso contested on the platform of the New Nigeria
Peoples Party (NNPP), winning only Kano, a state where he remains politically
influential.
Unveiling Kwankwaso as his running mate for the 2027
election, Obi said he would not run a government where the former Kano governor
functions as a “spare tyre”.
“The government we intend to form will no longer be a
government where anybody will say that the vice president is a spare tyre,” Obi
said.
“The vice president will be a partner because we want to
build a nation where there are two equal people who work for the greatness of
the country.
“Decisions will be taken as partners. Everybody will be
consulted. That is what we require, and that is how government functions.
“It is on this note that I graciously accept the affirmation
as the candidate of this great party. And in the same spirit, I am inviting Dr
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to join me as the vice-presidential candidate.”
Obi said Kwankwaso shares his ideals, particularly his
belief in an egalitarian society where a child of nobody can become somebody.
“He believes in education and security. And we will work
together to ensure it happens,” Obi said as he welcomed Kwankwaso to the
podium.
On May 3, Obi and Kwankwaso joined the NDC after quitting
the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing “uncertainties” over the party’s
future.
The former Anambra governor had earlier pledged to serve
only a single four-year term if elected president.
He said his administration would use the period to tackle
wastage in public spending through a deliberate reduction in the cost of
governance.
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