BY WILLIAM ATTAH, GOMBE – A northern youth group agitating for the presidential ambition of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has said that the bad policies of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has cleared the coast for a widely accepted person like Tambuwal ahead of 2023.
The group said that they strongly believe that the mantle of leadership of the country to be bestowed on Tambuwal would be easily accepted by Southern politicians across board.
Addressing journalists in Gombe, the Northeast coordinator of the group, Ibrahim Mohammed Inuwa, accompanied by his Gombe State counterpart, Jamilu Inuwa, said Southern Nigerians are only agitating for presidency owing to the fact that the government of President Buhari has completely shut them out from the scheme of things in the country.
Also speaking, Jamilu Inuwa said, Southern Nigerians just want to be carried along in the administration of the country and not the current situation where they don’t occupy any key political positions in the country.
According to him: “What is happening now is not that Southern Nigerians really want to rule Nigeria. They fear marginalization which they already face in this current administration.
“They feel neglected and want to be involved in government and not really to grab leadership of the country.
“I believe that whoever comes from the north and will carry them along, they will forget about the presidency. They will follow whoever grabs the power and they will be involved in ruling the country,” he said.
The group further said they are setting the agenda for Tambuwal for President because he better position and fit with the expectations of all Nigerians including that of the South.
The group said there is the need to jettison zoning which it noted is not constitutional but a gentleman agreement by political parties.
“Politics is a game of numbers and the north has that numerical political advantage over other zones. Since the political parties are looking for a chance to grab power, if a man can deliver better than someone from the South, any party will go for that person rather than insisting on zoning arrangement.
“It is for this reason that Tambuwal from Northern Nigeria stands a better chance to win the 2023 election and we came up with this agenda considering his advantage over others.
“He is young, has the unity of the country at heart, he has proven himself in the past administration especially in the House of Representatives. He has no corruption or mismanagement charges against him,” the group said.
