Presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives
Congress APC in the lead up to the 2023 presidential election have agreed to
float a forum to mobilize support for President Bola Tinubu as part of measures
to tackle the challenges confronting the nation.
They have consequently dropped any presidential ambition
ahead of 2027.
Some of the APC presidential aspirants in the last election
are former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmad Sani Yarima, Chief Rotimi
Amaechi, Dr Nicolas Felix, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Owelle
Rochas Okorocha, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Gov. Yahaya Bello, Engr. Dave
Umahi, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, Senators Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio among
others.
Convener and Acting Chairman of the Forum, Senator Yarima as
well as APC’s youngest presidential presidential aspirant, Dr Nicholas Felix
disclosed this in a statement issued Saturday in Abuja.
… fix dinner for Monday
To this end, the aspirants have fixed an end of year dinner
for Monday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja where the forum will be
officially inaugurated.
In the aftermath of the APC presidential primary election,
there were reports that a few of the aspirants had decided to not support the
party’s candidate, Tinubu, who later emerged as president.
Meanwhile, Yarima and Felix in the statement said; “Today,
as a people and country, we are faced with myriads of socio-economic problems
and we believe that we can only surmount them when we come together,
irrespective of our religious, ethnic and even political differences to face
these challenges head on.
“It is therefore on this premise that all the Candidates in
the 2023 APC Presidential primary have decided to come together under one
umbrella to mobilise support for our President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his
Renewed Hope Administration playing advisory role to enable him succeed and
transform this great nation.
“Basically, the objective of the forum is to ensure that we
come together solidly to support President Tinubu’s administration having surrendered
all our individual interests and collapsed same to support the emergence of
President Tinubu.
“As critical stakeholders, we have decided that it is not
not enough to sit back behind the scenes but to come out and mobilise support
for the government’s policies and programmes.
Objectives
“This forum from time to time will play an intermediary role
of ensuring that all the policies and programmes of the government are well
disseminated down to the people especially the grassroots.
“To fully stay on track, the forum will push to constantly have
direct engagements with the President as a way of feedback mechanism and at
same time, render possible advice where necessary.
“This forum will leverage on our individual and collective
international contacts to ensure that the Nigerians in diaspora are adequately
informed and mobilised to giving the President a rousing welcome. We will
always go ahead and to make adequate preparations in this regards.
“Also, this forum will be there as rallying point for all
former presidential candidates in the February 2023 presidential election.
“We will endeavour to invite the President to our quarterly
meetings so as to share our minds one on one with him.
“Also, this forum has laid all the framework to ensure that
members’ political and economic interests are well protected using the strength
of the forum. We will stand by and for all members at all times. It is an all
for one and one for all forum”.
2027…
The statement added that those who were earlier nursing a
presidential ambition ahead of 2027 have agreed to drop same and support
President Tinubu for a second term.
“Because we are committed to the success of President Tinubu
and his administration, all members who hitherto had Presidential aspirations
have all agreed to drop such even ahead of 2027 so as to pave a smooth sail for
President Tinubu to seek a second tenure. This project we are already working
on and will leave no stone unturned.
“This forum will also take steps to see how to reach out to
Presidential candidates of all other political parties for a harmonious working
relationship in the interest of the development of the country as we believe
that electioneering periods are over and it is time for all hands to be on
deck.
“This Forum will have its meetings on quarterly basis and
thereafter, also seek an audience with the President to brief him first hand.
“Finally, we want to thank all Nigerians and crave for
patience with strong convictions that the President relying on his vast
experience and antecedents is working very hard to turn the fortunes of the
country around,” the statement added.
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