As the contest for the APC presidential candidate grows hot, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is also one of the party’s presidential aspirants has opined that he has all the qualities to be the party’s candidate rather than being just an aspirant.
He said this on Monday in Katsina while addressing party delegates ahead of its presidential primary election.
Tinubu told his listeners that he actually possessed all the requisite qualities to be seen as a potential president of Nigeria due to his wide knowledge and experiences as well as his track record of achievement in governance. He also made it known that as president, he would unite Nigerians and give them more hope irrespective of tribe or religion.
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The APC national leader also said he would focus on irrigation farming, economic, education and infrastructural development and keep Nigeria working again.
“I come to unite Nigeria and not to divide it; I come to bring you hope, prosperity, happiness, job and stability.
“Though tongues may differ, the brotherhood will stand; you are my brother and together we will defeat poverty.
“Anybody that wants it can run, but not everybody can become the president,’’ he said.
Responding, Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said Nigeria needed a leader like Tinubu with wide experience in governance.
He expressed the belief and confidence that Nigeria would certainly overcome the challenges confronting it soon.
Also, Mr Sam Ohuabunwa, a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neimeth Pharmaceutical plc and PDP presidential aspirant, has pledged to remove Nigeria from third world countries if elected in 2023.
Ohuabunwa made the promise while interacting with PDP delegates in Lagos State.
According to him, his interest in the presidential race is to rescue Nigeria and position her in a competitive state with developed countries.
Ohuabunwa said: “I have decided to run for the presidential race to lead Nigeria to her destination.
“My dream all the while is to have a global competitive country that will be first world and cease from being referred to as third world.
“We have been in third world position for a very long time. We are interested in starting a nation that will be strengthened as one Nigeria, that we will be happy to belong to, a nation that is globally competitive.
He said that his passion for Nigeria necessitated his advocacy groups including the New Nigeria Group, which he said, had branches in all the 36 states of the federation.