Arewa Consultative Youths Movement (ACMY) has said it would conduct a mock election for top presidential aspirants from the North to ascertain their popularity ahead of the 2019 general elections.
ACMY President, Kabiru Yusuf, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja while speaking at the National Delegate Congress of the Movement.
Yusuf, who had just been re-elected at the Congress, said the aspirants would include President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state and a former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido. He explained that the action was aimed at ensuring that members of the Movement “give their support to a youth-friendly aspirant” that would share their aspirations and visions for the Nigerian youth toward a developed and united country.
“We shall, in due course, conduct a mock election with a view to feeling the pulse of Arewa youth in Nigeria and eventually decide on the most prospective candidate.
The mock election will soon commence on our website, and it will last for a period of 60 days before the From page 1 From page 1 announcement of the results. “I enjoin all of us to think critically about this, before we make our choice and to mobilise our members to take active part. There cannot be a better chance for us to contribute to give Nigeria the kind of leadership it deserves in the 21st century,” he said. He called on youth across the country to ensure that they registered and obtained their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Yusuf stressed that it was time for members of the Movement to enthrone good leadership in the country because, according to him, the country’s past leaders had failed the people.
“We must take the bull by the horn, we must change the narrative, the time to make this correction is now, and we must not delay any more.” He said those benefi ting from the poverty in the land must be stopped, because the education and general wellbeing of the youth in the region were not their priority.
“They have failed us; in line with that, we shall focus on the 2019 general elections, and it is yet another chance to correct the leadership problems facing the North in particular and Nigeria in general.” According to him, the Movement is poised to give Nigerians a candidate that would re-build and unify the country, as well as obey the Rule of Law.
He noted that several politicians and aspirants had indicated interest in the coming presidential election, saying that the Movement had, therefore, shortlisted notable ones as likely candidates from the North. He thanked the Almighty Allah and those who ensured his re-election and assured them that he would leave up to the expectations. (NAN)
