The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has said it will
synergize with ethnic nationalities in the Southern part of the country to
produce a consensus candidate during the 2023 presidential election.
AYCF President-General, Yerima Shettima explained that the
synergy was aimed at producing a competent and credible presidential candidate
in 2023.
Speaking with Dailypost, Shettima stated that youths across
the country may not rely on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in producing the consensus candidate.
He made the remark while confirming that AYCF and Ohanaeze
Youth Council, OYC, had agreed to work together in producing a consensus
presidential candidate, ahead of the 2023 presidential elections.
According to Shettima: “We talked about consensus candidate
but nowhere was it stated that the candidate will come from North, South or
where ever.
“But we will agree with other ethnic nationalities as we
intend to build a national platform where we will consider competence as our
priority.
“There will be a synergy within ourselves to come up with a
consensus candidate, then work for his emergence.
“We are considering forming a new political platform for
youths of this country because there must be a political movement.
“We may not rely on PDP and APC or existing political party
because we may likely form a new political movement that will bring about order
in Nigeria where everybody will be treated equally, where tribal or religion
can be the reason for us not to be together.
“The fact is the unity of the country is being threatened and
some of us still don’t believe in Nigeria so we are going to do everything
within our reach to ensure unity and give the country a sense of direction
where every citizen will be treated equally without minding where they come
from.
“We will form a synergy with the older generation when it
comes to the issue of advising and drawing from their wealth of wisdom but be
rest assured that the present generation will take their destiny in their
hands. This is one of the reasons we are going to form a national movement, we
are currently consulting with our counterpart from the Southern part of the
country.”
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