The first executive Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Rufai
Sani also known as Yarima has made a formal declaration of his intent to join
the 2023 presidential race.
The former governor who spoke during a BBC Hausa Service
program “Gane Mani Hanya” in Gusau, the state capital said, since President
Buhari is ending his second term, he would continue to pursue his presidential
ambition.
“If God spares my life, by 2023 I would go into the contest
for the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ” Yarima said.
“In 2007 I made similar attempts but the Arewa Consultative
Forum and other respected elders of the North pleaded with me and other
contenders to step down for Muhammadu Buhari and I agreed”
“I made a vow that once Muhammadu Buhari was aspiring for
the position of the President, I will not contest with him. In 2019 election,
people asked me to contest I said unless Muhammadu Buhari would not be
contesting for the second term I will contest”
“Now that he has been elected as President twice and his
tenure is ending up in 2023, I decided to make a public pronouncement that I am
contesting for the post of the President come 2023”
Responding to why he is interested in becoming the president
of Nigeria Yarima said, “I served as Governor of Zamfara for eight years, I was
in the Senate for twelve years so with the experiences I have gathered, I
understand that Nigeria is suffering from two main problems, poverty and
illiteracy.
“If government can come up with policies to enhance
agriculture and livestock production, support small – scale entrepreneurship
and everyone is empowered to do one business or the other, the issue of
insecurity and other socio-economic issues crises affecting Nigerians will be
addressed”.
On why, he chose to aspire for the position of president
when he knows Buhari came from the North and from same geo -political zone with
him, Yarima said “both the constitution of the APC and that of Nigeria does not
provide room for zoning”
“If there is room for zoning and the post of the presidency
is not zoned to someone’s geographical zone, it would be an act of madness for
the same person to aspire for the post. The emphasis on both constitutions is
“Nigerian regardless of the zone he came from”
“There is no zoning in APC constitution and even in the PDP
constitution and if you insist on zoning, are you going to compel someone whose
presidency is not zoned to his own geopolitical area to vote for someone he
dislikes?” he asked?
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