Emerging report indicates that the Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the North Central zone, have on Monday, endorsed former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as their chosen Candidate for the 2023 Presidency.
Speaking in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, the Leader of the Delegation, Iyorwuese Hagher, said: “The nation right now is so divided and fragmented, we need a uniting force which the North Central is known for, to emerge and reunite the country again.
“Bukola Saraki is that young breed with wealth of experience at every cadre of governance to restore Nigeria to where we belong. We do not need an old man as President, who will be travelling every moment for treatment, and spending the country’s resources abroad.”
He appealed to other zones in the country who have enjoyed the support of the North Central to emerge as President, to do everything within their powers to ensure that they support Bukola Saraki in 2023, saying that, he has the capacity to take the nation to greater heights.
Iyorwuese added: “The North Central has played a key role in the political development of Nigeria. It is expected that the rest of Nigeria will respond to our agitation as it did to a similar one in the past by the South-South zone, when the country then produced Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as President.”
In his goodwill message, the North Central Chairman of the PDP, Theophilus Dakarshan, noted that the zone had been instrumental to the emergence of so many Presidents in Nigeria, right from the First Republic, and pleaded for the support of all Nigerians to elect someone from the zone as President in 2023.
He stated: “The North Central zone had in the past given its unflinching support to other zones. We now appeal to them to reciprocate same to us.”
More news later…