Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured that his team have the foresight to identify and solve Nigeria’s problems.
Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state gave the assurance at the inauguration of the campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern Speakers Door to Door for Tinubu Shettima 2023” by the Northern APC Speakers Forum, Saturday in Abuja.
He pledged that when elected, they will work for the development of Nigeria and Nigerians.
He continued “We have the confidence we have what it takes. We have the courage. We have the determination. We have perseverance.
“We have the foresight to identify the problems of Nigeria and take it headlong and make a solution out of it for the prosperity of your children and tomorrow.
“The job of your grandchildren and the progress of tomorrow. I started right now.”
The APC presidential candidate cautioned his supporters against engaging hauling abuses and insults on those who share contrary views.
Tinubu who described APC as a party of thinkers and doers added that “We are not just the one to haul abuses and insults at our rivals party, why we don’t need it. We are smarter. We are brilliant, we are courageous, and we are not like them.
“They spent 16 years and forget that there is a railway infrastructure that can do haulage, human carriage, animal husbandry and carriage, food carriage from length and breadth from east and west of Nigeria,” Tinubu said
The former Lagos State governor also commended the group for their donations and contribution, saying “You make life easier for us no ‘sisi’ is demanded from us. Vehicles provided, logo unveiled, confidence boosting measure established, forward-looking and hope rekindled good for the prosperity of our country.”
In his remark, APC Vice Presidential candidate, former Borno State Governor, Sen. Kashim Shettima, expressed confidence that TInubu leadership would build a new Nigeria if elected president in 2023.
He said “We are on the threshold of making history. The global economy is tinkering towards recession the world has moved from the agricultural age to the industrial age.
“We have moved from the industrial age to the knowledge-driven cost industrial age. People are now talking about big data of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and open biotechnology.
“Who among the presidential candidates we have here in this country that have the skill sets the intellect the capacity to move this nation greater than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu?”
He said that the conversation of the party would not be of insult and mundane issues but conversations of comparison of ideas and track records.
Shettima believed that the 2023 presidential election would be a payback time for Tinubu who had sacrificed so much for the democracy of Nigeria but was humiliated politically.
The Chairman, Northern APC Speakers Forum and Speake of Kaduna State, Yusuf Zailani promised they will do everything to give APC a 70 per cent victory in 2023.
He stated “So far, we have about 205 elected members of the State House of Assembly across northern Nigeria. We are good to go.
“We’re not going to collect a penny from the presidential campaign council. We are not going to collect money from any governor. We are going to join hands together and sponsor ourselves to do this project,”.
Also, Secretary of the forum and Speaker of Kogi State, Prince Matthew Kolawole, said Tinubu and Shettima had demonstrated leadership capacity while governors of their various states.
He continued “Your excellency, your transformation of Lagos state from a struggling state to the third largest economy in Africa is indeed applause.
“Our nation needs a detribalised president with a deep understanding of Nigerian politics, economy and who is also known for a common religious tolerance and capacity to achieve positive results against doubting odds,”.
He described the APC Northern Speakers Door-to-Door Campaign for Tinubu Shettima as an initiative that would ensure massive grassroots mobilization for overwhelming victory for APC in the 2023 general election.
In her brief remarks, the APC National Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu described the Tinubu and Shettima ticket as a perfect ticket that will bring about meaningful development.
