… As Fayemi unfolds agenda, Jigawa Governor picks nomination form
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomole has formally declared to run for office of the president in 2023.
Oshiomole who made this known at the Cyprian Ekwensi Center for Arts and Culture, Abuja said he joined the race to change the narratives for the good of the Nigerian people.
The former governor of Edo State had postponed indefinitely the format declaration previously scheduled to hold on April 29th 2022 according to Victor Oshioke, Campaign Coordinator Restrure The Change 2023.
Earlier on Wednesday, The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum ( NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi had formally declared his interest to seek presidential office citing capacity in governance,experience in national affairs to tackle bedeviling issues in the country.
” Beyond my early forays into the public sphere as a student,my abiding faith in the oneness of our country has been further reinforced by all my subsequent engagements in national affairs as a scholar, civil society voice and institution builder, community and political organiser with an unapologetic pan- Nigerian and pan- African overlook, tireless advocate for human rights and democratic governance,two- term governor, federal minister,a founding Coordinator of the Progressives Governors Forum, and two- term Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum.
” Here then is my motivating testament and confession.I am a patriot born in these climes in the course of the first decade of our country’s independence, and I stake a bold claim to say that I am a full- blooded child of Nigeria,I grew up as did many of my generation socialised into the ideals of a united and virile nation. In my lifetime, I have witnessed some heart- warming moments of nation- and state- building that would make any citizen anywhere immeasurably proud.
The governor who said he had seen truly challenging days in the country reassured Nigerians of hope saying” we have experienced as a country that when and where we are charitable to one another and allow our shared humanity, innate spirit of, solidarity, hardwork, perseverance and underlying patriotism to prevail,we always succeed in overcoming and thriving through adversity.
Fayemi said he decided to offer himself for service emboldened by the vision to inspire unity and buildi a better country which will be” home for all of us regardless of ethnicity, class, gender,age, disability, region or religion.”
Meanwhile, the Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru is the latest aspirant to lavish N100 million on the party’s presidential nomination form .
