Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday asserted that he will is prepared to take his campaign to every part of Nigeria.
Africa Today News, New York reports that speculations have continued to build up in recent months over Tinubu’s physical health ahead of the campaign schedule which surely promises to be demanding.
In a statement on Wednesday, the former Lagos State Governor disclosed that he plans to take his presidential message to every part of the country.
‘Today marks the official commencement of 2023 presidential election campaign activities across this country,’ Tinubu said.
‘I invite all Nigerians to join me and HE Senator Kashim Shettima on this exciting and important journey as we set our shared vision of Renewed Hope for the people of our dear country, Nigeria.
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‘We will, in the weeks and months ahead, be taking our dream of a functional, safe, secure and prosperous Nigeria to every part of Nigeria and and we will continue to put forward our plan to lead this country towards its best future.’
Tinubu noted that the nation ‘stands at a threshold of history” and that Nigerians “cannot afford to get this wrong.’
He said citizens must learn ‘from the mistakes of the past’.
‘I am prepared and ready, with my running mate, to provide the leadership that will inspire out country to greater glory with new thinking, innovative ideas, and vision,’ Tinubu said.
Meanwhile, a Bloomberg opinion poll has favoured Mr. Peter Obi who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) to win the 2023 presidential election.
This is coming barely a fortnight after the ANAP/NOI and We2geda poll result released recently which put Obi at 21% and 51% respectively ahead of other competitors.
The results of the survey which were conducted by Premise Data Corp. on behalf of Bloomberg News were published yesterday as the campaign officially kicked off, showed Obi scored 72% among those who have decided to vote.
Out of those surveyed, 92% of participants said they had decided how to vote and 72% named Obi as their first choice and of those who are still unsure, 45% said the 61-year-old former governor of Anambra State is their preferred candidate.