All Progressives Congress’s vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has expressed confidence that Tinubu’s leadership would build a new Nigeria.
According to him, no other presidential candidate commands Tinubu’s skills set.
He stated this at the inauguration of campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern Door-to-Door for Tinubu/Shettima 2023’’ by the Northern APC Speakers Forum in Abuja on Saturday.
“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.’’ he noted.
“We have moved from mere industrial age to knowledge-driven industrial age,’’ he noted.
“Who among the presidential candidates today has greater skills sets, the intellect and the capacity to move this nation forward other than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,?” he queried.
Shettima believed that 2023 presidential election would be a payback time for Tinubu who had sacrificed so much for the democracy of Nigeria but was humiliated politically.
He said that Tinubu had also contributed to economic and human development across the country through the demonstration of his capacity at different level.
The Chairman, Northern APC Speakers Forum and Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani, spoke on behalf of the Forum.
He said members were prepared to work for overwhelming victory for Tinubu.
“I can guarantee 70 per cent victory.
“So far, we have about 205 elected members of the States Houses of Assembly across the north of Nigeria. We are good to go,’’ he said.
“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,’’ Zailani assured.
Secretary of the Forum and Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole, said the APC was lucky to have a joint ticket of Tinubu and Shettima for the 2023 presidential election.
“Your Excellency, your transformation of Lagos State from a struggling state to the third largest economy in Africa is indeed commendable.
“Our nation needs a detribalised president with deep understanding of Nigerian politics and economy,
“The country also needs a leader known for religious tolerance and capacity to achieve positive results against daunting odds,’’ Matthew told Tinubu.
He described the APC Northern Speakers Door-to-Door Campaign for Tinubu/Shettima as an initiative that would ensure massive grassroots mobilisation for overwhelming victory for APC at the 2023 general election.
Kolawole said the forum already had plans to organise town hall meetings with APC stakeholders, former and present legislators to fully commence work.
APC National Women Leader, Dr Betta Edu, said that history would judge Nigeria right if Tinubu and Shettima are voted into power in 2023.
